Efforts Must Be Made To Delink Crucial Aspects Of CBI From Control Of Govt. To Ensure It's Administrative Autonomy : CJI [Read Full Text Of Speech]

AKSHITA SAXENA

14 Aug 2019 12:35 PM IST

  • Efforts Must Be Made To Delink Crucial Aspects Of CBI From Control Of Govt. To Ensure Its Administrative Autonomy : CJI [Read Full Text Of Speech]

    "True, in a number of high-profile and politically sensitive cases the agency has not been able to meet the standards of judicial scrutiny. Equally true it is that such lapses may not have happened infrequently. Such instances reflect systemic issues and indicate a deep mismatch between institutional aspirations, organisational design, working culture, and governing politics"

    CJI Ranjan Gogoi has delivered the 18th edition of DP Kohli memorial lecture yesterday, held at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. This annual lecture was instituted in the memory of CBI's founder late Sh. Dharamnath Prasad Kohli. During the lecture, CJI Gogoi emphasized on the importance of public faith in institutions such as CBI, and expressed his concern over its institutional and governance lapses...

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