New Delhi: Expressing more than eight state concerns do not allow CBI to investigate cases, the Supreme Court on Monday said “This is not the desired position” and decided to check this problem.
The court recorded the information submitted by the Director of CBI SK Jaiswal where he said that the CBI functions as an investigation institution and also as a prosecutor authority inhibited with eight states – West Bengal, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram – After attracting their general approval, forcing the agency to approach the country to get approval for the case-to-case basis.
Directed by the APEX court to place the “report card” at the CBI efficiency as a prosecution body, the Director told the court that eight of these states agreed in less than 18% of cases from 150 requests made by Bodies 2018 to June, 2021.
He also showed That the delay in trials is also caused because it is still given by HCS.
The Director said that the CBI Law Department currently handles 13,291 appeals waiting at the Session Court, HCS and SC.
He also provided details of the pending trials in 9,757 cases – in the trial of 500 cases had been delayed for more than 20 years and in 921 cases for 15-20 years.
The bench said that the two problems needed to be examined and issued notifications to all interested countries and high courts.
Vanthis times is what happens when there is a distrust of the function of the central agent.
That is why it is important that institutions are not considered partisan and do professional work.
The state should also only arouse objections if necessary, rather than trying to score political points.
The CBI said that the problem faced by agency was due to the actions of “Nature” from the Delhi Special Police Act (DSPE), 1946 which regulates the CBI.
In accordance with the law, the CBI requires the approval of the state government to conduct investigations in territorial jurisdiction.
“Demand in around 78% of cases is waiting, which is mainly related to bank fraud with high magnitude influence the country’s economy.
Delay caused in taking cases by CBI because one of the reasons mentioned above, sometimes, leading to destruction or dissipation Evidence.
This is detrimental not only for investigations by the CBI but also for prosecution cases, “Jaiswal said.
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