INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: CISF chief Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was on Tuesday appointed as the new CBI director for two years, according to a Personnel Ministry
order.Jaiswal is a 1985-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Maharashtra cadre
regular chief for over three months after Rishi Kumar Shukla completed his two-year tenure on February 3.CBI Additional Director Praveen
Sinha, a 1988-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre, was appointed the acting chief of the agency after Shukla completed his tenure.Jaiswal has
been appointed as the director of CBI for a period of two years, the ministry order said.A three-member selection committee led by Prime
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury are the two members of the panel.During the meeting, Chowdhury had objected to the process of selection of officers
for the coveted post."The way the procedure was followed, it was in conflict with the mandate of the committee
On 11th (May), I was given 109 names and today (Monday) by 1 pm, 10 names were shortlisted and by 4 pm, six names were shortlisted
assumes significance as the Supreme Court is hearing a petition filed by an NGO, Common Cause, on the delay in the appointment of a regular
CBI chief.The Centre had last month told the Supreme Court that the meeting of the selection committee for the appointment of the CBI
director would be convened immediately after May 2.On April 5, the apex court had asked the Centre to consider convening the meeting before
May 2 observing that "in-charge arrangements" for the post cannot go on.The petitioner has alleged that the government has failed to appoint
Centre to initiate and complete the process of selection of the CBI director well in advance, at least one to two months before the date on
which the vacancy to the post is about to occur.
