Issue of credibility with CBI

02 Apr Issue of credibility with CBI

Issue of credibility with CBI – Today Current Affairs

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The Chief justice of India has said that with passage of time like any other agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation had also come under deep public scrutiny. 

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About CBI

• The CBI traces its origin to the Special Police Establishment (SPE), a Central Government Police force, which was set up in 1941 by the Government of India to investigate bribery and corruption cases with the War and the Supply Department of India.
• It is the apex investigating agency in India which operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievances and pensions.
• It is known to investigate economic crimes, special crimes, cases of corruption and among other cases.

CJI said that we have a vested interest in strengthening democracy, because we essentially believe in democratic way of living. We Indians love our freedom. When an attempt has been made to take away our freedom, we do not hesitate to seize the power back from autocrats. So it is important that all the institutions including the police and the investigation agencies uphold and strengthen the democratic values.

It has been said by the CJI in the context of emerging challenges with the CBI like: The Hindu Analysis

1. The CBI has been criticized by the Supreme Court as the caged parrot due to excessive political interference in its functioning, as it has been used by the governments of the day for their benefits and against the opponents.
2. Due to the excessive political interference CBI has lost Credibility over the years.
3. As CBI is exempted from the provisions of the Right to Information Act, it has lacked accountability.
4. Lack of personnel is another issue as the government has tremendously failed in managing and regularizing the CBI workforce.
5. The powers of CBI have been limited by the fact that in order to start the investigation process, it needs to take the consent of the concerned state government and prior approval of the central government is required to conduct inquiry on the employees of central government above the joint secretary level.

So considering all these challenges CJI has made following recommendations among others: The Hindu Analysis

1. The police and the probe agencies should not allow any authoritarian tendencies to interfere and they should function as per the democratic norms mentioned in the constitution.
2. There should be efforts to make CBI independent with well defined roles and responsibilities.
3. Further CBI should be headed by an independent and impartial authority, appointed by a committee similar to the one which appointed CBI Director.
4. It recommended the appointment of some deputies to assist the director.
5. It called for the umbrella organization to avoid the cases where single cases were investigated by the multiple agencies.
6. In this regard twenty fourth report of Department related parliamentary standing committee on personnel, public grievances, law and justice on working of CBI recommended the following:

• Increasing strength of CBI by way of recruitment and making it independent
• More investment in strengthening infrastructural facilities.
• Improving financial resources and administrative accountability.
• There should be separate enactment under the CBI and Investigation Act and replace DSPE Act.

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Considering the issues associated with the investigating agency, the government of India should try to implement all the recommendations at the earliest so that we may be able to have a better,strengthened and empowered investigation agency in our country.

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