Context: A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the appointment of a regular CBI Director.
Details:
The petition said such an interim appointment through an executive order was not envisaged in the statutory scheme of the 1946 Act.
The CBI Director is a sensitive post. The Director is the final authority in the organisation in several sensitive investigations.
About CBI:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India.
Operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmental corruption, in 1965 it received expanded jurisdiction to investigate breaches of central laws enforceable by the Government of India, multi-state organised crime, multi-agency or international cases.
CBI is exempted from the provisions of the Right to Information Act.
CBI is India's officially designated single point of contact for liaison with the Interpol.
Head:
The CBI is headed by a Director, an IPS officer with a rank of Director General of Police.
The director is selected by a high-profile committee constituted under The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946 as amended through The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, and has a two-year term.