PM-chaired panel to meet today to decide on CBI chief Alok Verma
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IBNS): The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-chaired committee to decide on the future of CBI chief Alok Verma is schedule to meet today again after Wednesday's meeting turned out inconclusive, reports said.
Since taking charge on Wednesday, Verma has reinstated key officers considered close to him.
Among them is A.K. Sharma who returned to post of joint director (policy). He had been shifted after the government sent Verma on leave.
The meeting today is scheduled to take place at 4pm, The Indian Express said.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had on Wednesday excused himself from a selection panel meeting on CBI director Alok Verma to decide on his continuation since he had himself delivered the verdict reinstating Verma as the CBI chief.
The apex court's Tuesday decision is seen as a setback to the Centre that had sent Verma on leave.
Verma, however, cannot take any major policy decision till the selection committee decides on his continuation.
Verma’s tenure as CBI director ends on January 31.
The case revolves around Verma and his deputy Rakesh Asthana swapping bribe charges.
The Narendra Modi government at the Centre had told the judges that the decision had to be taken because the CBI's top two officers had been fighting for months like "Kilkenny cats", a reference to a poem where two cats fight till both die.
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