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The Selection *")2 .*,.2 0-) .2 " a plea of Asthana for quashing tained intercepts from the 1)2() 3+ half hours meeting. Chief Committee also decided to *-/) -0 -00*" -0 ,-!/0 of the graft case registered at Research and Analysis Wing Justice of India’s nominee make CBI Additional Director ./2)/ Verma’s behest. (RAW), in which “money rmy chief General Bipin Justice AK Sikri and Leader of M Nageshwara Rao as the ". ,*,, /- "11-./ " While the SC order rein- changing hands with number ARawat on Thursday indi- Opposition in the Lok Sabha interim Director till the high . )*/-) /. /- stating Verma as the CBI chief, one in the CBI” is talked about, cated that the Supreme Court Mallikarjun Kharge were two powered committee decides + "., ) - " it specifically barred him from officials said. verdict on decriminalisation of other members of the Selection on a name for posting as the -00*" -0 ,-!/0 ./2)/ taking any major policy deci- Incidentally, Sana is the gay sex and adultery may not Committee. new CBI Director. List of 0)- / "2.* sions, but he continued with complainant for the bribery be implemented in the Army, The panel decided to sack probables include Uttar the spree to order transfers and case against Asthana. Sana has citing the “conservative” nature '( Verma with a 2-1 majority, Pradesh DGP OP Singh, NIA ) " )/).2 0)- posting in the agency. Verma also mentioned the name of of the force. wherein Mallikarjun Kharge DG YC Modi and CISF chief )* -. ".") 5# had on Wednesday through Samant Goel, the second-in- Making this assertion here opposed his removal. Both Rajesh Ranjan. two different orders rescinded command of RAW, of being in the annual news conference Modi and Justice Sikri voted in Verma had resumed duty vened to restore the integrity of transfers and postings done by involved in protecting the mid- ahead of the Army Day on favour of Verma’s removal. The as CBI chief on Wednesday fol- the CBI and recommended incharge Director Rao. Rao dleman, Manoj Prasad. The January 15, he said though the committee had met on lowing a Supreme Court order their forced leave till an enquiry had transferred 13 officials other case relates to a Army is not above law of the Wednesday but that meeting reinstating him as the agency by the anti-corruption watch- including the team probing Preliminary Enquiry registered land, yet when a person joins was inconclusive. boss. Verma along with his dog was over. Based on the the case against Asthana. by the CBI about acquisition of the armed forces some of the Interestingly, Kharge had deputy Rakesh Asthana were CVC recommendation, the Verma revoked most of the land in Gurgaon. The CVC, in rights enjoyed by the civilian filed a dissent note against on October 23 sent on forced Government sent them on transfers and postings. its report, alleged that Verma’s counterparts are taken away. Verma’s appointment as CBI leave following a bitter feud forced leave and appointed On Thursday too, Verma name had figured in the case He was responding to a ques- chief during the Selection between the two. Both Verma then Joint Director M transferred or changed postings and at least 36 crore had tion on the Army’s views on Committee meeting. and Asthana leveled corruption Nageshwara Rao as the in- of seven officials, including changed hands. The CVC had Section 377 of the Indian Penal Verma was sacked on the allegations against each other. charge CBI chief during the the posting Superintendent of recommended a thorough Code (IPC) and adultery. basis of a CVC report charging Verma also booked Verma in a pendency of the CVC probe Police MK Gupta, to probe the probe into the case. A five-judge Constitution him of corruption and derelic- graft case on October 15 against Verma. bribery case against Asthana. The CVC, which has a Bench of the Supreme Court in tion of duty. The CVC report despite express recommenda- Verma then moved the saying the post enjoys a two- The CVC report also superintendence role over the September last year unani- indicted Verma with eight tion by the CVC not to go Supreme Court challenging years fixed tenure. The SC on referred about the controversial CBI, had also alleged that mously decriminalised part of Rawat said the Army is counts of charges, including ahead with filing any FIR the Government decision to Tuesday trashed the meat exporter Moin Qureshi’s Verma tried to save an the 158-year-old colonial law conservative and we cannot forming a coterie of officials of against Asthana. send him on leave and divest Government order to send case and claimed that the CBI officer in the IRCTC case under Section 377 which crim- allow it to perpetrate into doubtful integrity. Following this, the Central him of his powers, functions Verma on leave and reinstated team looking into the case involving former Union inalises consensual unnatural the Army. Verma’s joy of reinstate- Vigilance Commission inter- and supervisory role in the CBI him as CBI chief. The apex wanted to make Hyderabad- Minister Lalu Prasad. sex, saying it violated the rights Explaining the rationale ment by the SC as the CBI boss The Commission also to equality. for not implementing the after a gap of 77 days was short- $ !+$ + 5! ! alleged that Verma was trying The apex court last year Supreme Court verdict in the lived as he could resume office # $ $ $&2 # to bring in tainted officials into also struck down another colo- armed forces, the Army chief for just two days. Verma is $ +$ $ & the CBI. It claimed that efforts nial era anti-adultery law say- said the force is a huge family retiring from service on 1 # seeking cooperation from the ing it was unconstitutional, and when an officer or January 31. $ CBI chief did not yield results dented the individuality of jawan is posted on the front he The panel also decided to & ' as he continued to keep the files women and treated them as leaves behind his family in appoint a new CBI Director & & ' away from the CVC. “chattel of husbands”. military stations. ! " ) ! ! "#$" %& 31(+4"3 1)2() 3+ $%& 1)2() 3+ Interestingly, she replaces Ajay Maken, who is known as eing the last election before the Lok n a bid to give relief to small business- New Delhi: The Supreme Court on n a political development in her protégé-turned-bête noire. BSabha polls in Haryana, bypoll in Jind Ies ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the Thursday decided to constitute afresh the Ithe national Capital ahead of Maken had been appointed Assembly constituency is heading for a n Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on five-judge Constitution Bench to hear on the Lok Sabha polls this year, president of the Delhi Congress interesting three-cornered electoral bat- Thursday doled out benefits to medium January 29 the politically-sensitive Ram former Delhi Chief Minister following the party’s defeat in tle with major political parties strategically and small-scale enterprises (MSMEs) with Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dis- Sheila Dikshit was on Thursday the Assembly elections in 2014, fielding their most “popular faces” to regard to GST exemption and approved 6 pute in Ayodhya after a judge, Justice UU appointed as the chief of the when Dikshit was vanquished ensure a victory. per cent composition scheme for the ser- Lalit, recused himself from the hearing. Delhi Congress. by Aam Aadmi Party conven- The bypoll has the ruling BJP, vices sector. Justice Lalit, who was part of the five- Her name was cleared by er Arvind Kejriwal. Congress, Jannayak Janta Party caught in The council has increased the GST judge Constitution bench headed by none other than party chief AICC in-charge of Delhi an interesting contest after the Congress exemption limit to 20 lakh from 10 lakh Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, “expressed his Rahul Gandhi following a Congress, PC Chacko fielded sitting MLA Randeep Singh for the North-eastern States, and to 40 disinclination to participate in the hear- brainstorming meeting of State announced Dikshit’s appoint- Surjewala and Jannayak Janta Party field- lakh from 20 lakh for the rest of the coun- ing any further” and opted himself out of Congress leaders on Thursday. ment at a Press conference at ed debutant Digvijay Chautala, great try. The council raised the higher turnover the contentious matter. The apex court Dikshit is an old war horse the party headquarters. grandson of former Deputy Prime cap to 1.5 crore for availing composition said since Justice Lalit has opted out of the and a favourite among the party The three working presi- Minister Devi Lal, a day after BJP played scheme of paying 1 per cent tax.