New Delhi: Observing that reasonable extension period can be given to facilitate the resolution of sustainable investigation cases, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejects a challenging retrospective request in the order of promise of meeting in 2018 Sanjay Kumar Mishra as Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Upholding the central decision, a bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao, however, explained that the expansion of the term of office that had reached retirement age must be carried out in rare and extraordinary cases.
The court explained that there was no further extension that could be given to Mishra.
The top yesterday said that the reasonable extension period could be given to facilitate the resolution of the ongoing cases of investigations only after the reasons for recording by the committee were based under Section 25 of the Central Warvilance Commission Law.
“Every extension of the tenuriur given to the people who hold the position of Director Ed after reaching the age of the supernuation must be for a short time.
We do not want to disturb the second respondent’s post in instant cases when tenure will end.
In November 2021.
We clarify that there is no The further extension given to the second respondent, “the bench also consists of justice Br Gavai.
Judgment comes on a request submitted by General NGOs that challenge retrospective changes in the order of Mishra 2018’s appointment as Director of ED.
Mishra, an Indian income service officer was appointed as Director of Ed for a period of two years with the command of November 19, 2018 and then with orders on November 13, 2020, the appointment letter was modified retrospectively by the central government and property.
The two years were replaced by three years.