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Is CBI is a constitutional body?
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is an “autonomous” body, not controlled or regulated by the Union government, attorney general (AG) KK Venugopal submitted before the Supreme Court on Tuesday while seeking dismissal of West Bengal government’s petition for debarring CBI from lodging cases in the …
Are employees of autonomous bodies government employees?
Delhi High Court has held that the employees of Autonomous Bodies, which are fully funded by the government, cannot be treated at par with the employees of the central government with regards to pension. Therefore, their employees cannot be treated as the central government employees.
Is CBI independent body?
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the CBI is an “autonomous body” and it has no ‘control’ over the investigative agency. West Bengal has, in the case, challenged the CBI’s jurisdiction to register FIRs and conduct investigations in the State in myriad cases.
Is autonomous body a government job?
How many autonomous bodys are there in India?
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Should CBI be reformed like the CIA and FBI?
Agencies like the CIA and FBI in the USA are run exceptionally well by the government with great autonomy so the goal of reforms should be to make CBI more autonomous in nature like the CIA and FBI. Greater political will is required to achieve it which should also keep in mind that it will not deprive them of accountability.
Should the independent CBI be made an independent body?
CBI as an independent body would seriously jeopardize the scheme of checks and balances envisaged in governance and have a deleterious effect on the criminal justice system/ The controversial statutory provision gives the government the sole power to bar any inquiry against an employee despite a request from the agency for a probe.
Can CBI get full autonomy under right to information?
However, the full autonomy that CBI requested for is not sanctioned by the Government. CBI is placed in the second schedule section 24 of the Right to Information Act. Sec 24 states that ‘act not to apply to certain organizations’.
What is the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?
The Central Bureau of Investigation acts chiefly at the command of the government of the day, the efficacy of CBI operations largely depends on the political will of the sovereign authority. CBI is the domestic security agency of India. The CBI is administered by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions of the Federal government.