Govt files affidavit in SC, details steps to make CBI autonomous

NEW DELHI: The appointment of the CBI director by a collegium that

includes the Prime Minister is among the steps the government intends

to take to insulate the agency from political interference, the

Supreme Court was informed on Wednesday.



The collegium would include the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha

and the Chief Justice of India or a judge to be nominated by him, the

government said in a 41-page affidavit, adding that the Delhi Special

Police Establishment Act would be amended for this.



The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director would have a term

of not less than two years.



The proposed committee, the affidavit said, shall recommend an IPS

officer to be the CBI director on the basis of seniority, integrity

and experience in the investigation of anti-corruption and criminal

cases.



The affidavit came in response to the apex court asking what steps the

government intended to take to uphold the CBI's autonomy and to

insulate it from political interference.



The apex court direction came after the CBI director admitted in April

that the probe report into the allocation of coal blocks was vetted by

then law minister Ashwani Kumar and officials of the Prime Minister's

Office and the coal ministry.

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