Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood to be next Director of CBI

Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood to be next Director of CBI

Subject: Polity

Section: National Organisation

Context: Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood on Sunday was appointed as the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for a two-year tenure

Details:

Sood’s name was recommended by a selection committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday.

Director of CBI

• Director, CBI as Inspector General of Police, Delhi Special Police Establishment, is responsible for the administration of the organization.
• Till 2014, the CBI Director was appointed on the basis of the DSPE Act, 1946.
• In 2003, DSPE Act was revised on Supreme Court’s recommendation in the Vineet Narain case.
• A committee that had members from Central Vigilance Commission, Secretaries from Home Ministry, Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances would send recommendations to Central Government for the appointment of CBI Director.
• In 2014, the Lokpal Act provided a committee for appointment of CBI Director:
• Headed by Prime Minister
• Other members – Leader of Opposition/ Leader of the single largest opposition party, Chief Justice of India/ a Supreme Court Judge.
• Home Ministry sends a list of eligible candidates to DoPT. Then, the DoPT prepares the final list on basis of seniority, integrity, and experience in the investigation of anti-corruption cases, and sends it to the committee.
• Director of CBI has been provided security of two year tenure, by the CVC Act, 2003.