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CBI will get functional autonomy but is under norms of executive: Fin Min

November 14, 2013

As per Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who chaired the Group of Ministers on the issue of imparting autonomy to CBI, government will give functional autonomy to it but the agency would be governed by the general rules of the executive government. He reminded that CBI is part of executive government and that it is bound by ..

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Supreme Court restores 9,000 trials in CBI courts

November 12, 2013

The Supreme Court held the order of the Gauhati High Court, which had questioned the legality of the formation of CBI, as erroneous and contrary to the express provisions of the constitution and DSPE Act, 1946. The apex court has restored more than 9,000 criminal trials pending in CBI courts throughout the country. The court ..

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Gauhati HC quashes 1963 resolution on CBI formation

November 9, 2013

The Gauhati High Court has set aside the Union Home Ministry resolution by which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was formed in 1963. As per the court, the CBI was neither an organ nor part of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DPSE) and thus could not be treated as a “police force” constituted under ..

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