SC Dismisses PIL Against Appointment Of Rakesh Asthana As CBI Spl Director [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL filed by NGO Common Cause which challenged the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as Special Director of the CBI.The PIL had contended the appointment was “illegal, arbitrary, mala fide and in violation of the principle of impeccable integrity and institutional integrity”.The verdict was pronounced by a Bench of Justice RK Agrawal and Justice...