The Centre on Wednesday moved an application before the Supreme Court seeking extension of tenure of the present ED Director Sanjay Mishra, when his term is set to end on July 31 in accordance with a recent SC judgement.
Prime minister Modi's comments came in his message to the joint conference of CVC and CBI officials at Kavadia in Gujarat via video conferencing.
Explaining the action, the source said that Verma may lose his retirement benefits as per the rules.
On April 20, retired Assam-Meghalaya IAS officer KD Tripathi was appointed for Sanjay Kothari’s replacement as secretary to the President.
While investigating a fraud case, the agency shall be sensitive to the distinction between a bonafide decision and criminal involvement.
The problem lies in the proverbial three-monkey statues in which one monkey is blind, the second is dumb, and the third is deaf. India's public offices and the bureaucracy or the so-called steel frame function like the three monkeys
Additional Chief Secretary Dr Jagmohan Singh Raju has urged the DoPT to initiate the process of removing the CVC as per Section 6(1) of the CVC Act, 2003, including a Presidential Reference to SC for holding an inquiry under the SC/ST Act 1989
As per the fraud triangle, where there is a lapse of control, there is a tendency to exploit the ineffective control environment by people who are within the organization and who collude with external agencies. Robust internal control systems and procedures with segregation of powers under effective supervision, monitoring, whistleblowing system can go a long way in reducing corruption.
Explaining on behalf of the government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the top court that the CVC had come to the conclusion that an extraordinary situation had arisen which needed an extraordinary remedy.
Before 1997, the tenure of the CBI director was not fixed and they could be removed by the government in any manner.
