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SC directs CBI chief to recuse himself from 2G case
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SME Times News Bureau | 21 Nov, 2014
In a rap to CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court Thursday
directed him not to interfere in the 2G spectrum case and recuse himself
from its investigation and prosecution.
An apex court bench of
Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justive Madan B. Lokur and Justice A.K. Sikri
said that the senior-most officer heading the investigation team probing
the 2G case will take over the overall investigations of the 2G cases.
Holding
as "credible" the allegations of interference and scuttling of
investigation and prosecution by Sinha in the 2G spectrum cases, the
court recalled its Sep 15 order directing NGO CPIL to reveal the
identity of the whistleblower who gave information on Sinha's alleged
interference.
The court while not passing a detailed order with
reasons said that it was doing so as it would effect and hurt the image
of the premier investigation agency.
Earlier in the day, the apex
court took exception to the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI)
submission that senior counsel K.K. Venugopal will no longer represent
it in the 2G spectrum case.
The court did not take kindly to the
probe agency's joint director Ashok Tiwari telling counsel Gopal Shankar
Narayan that Venugopal would not appear for the CBI in the ongoing case
on allegations that its chief Ranjit Sinha was interfering in the
probe.
The court also did not take well to the presence of a
large number of CBI officers in the courtroom, and enquired about the
reason for their attendance.
When senior counsel Vikas Singh,
representing Sinha, sought to justify this, saying they were assisting
the court in giving clarifications on files, if any, Chief Justice Dattu
said: "We have not called them. If we need any clarification, we will
call them."
The chief justice then directed all the officers to vacate the court room and attend to their work.
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