Central Bureau of Investigation

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Central Bureau of Investigation
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AbbreviationCBI
MottoIndustry, Impartiality, Integrity
Agency overview
Formed1963 through Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
EmployeesSanctioned: 7274
Actual: 6391
Vacant: 883
as on 1 Feb 2022 [1]
Annual budget₹946 crore (US$113.3 million)(2023-24 est.) [2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction India
Constituting instrument
Operational structure
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Agency executive
Parent agency Department of Personnel and Training
Website
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the domestic crime investigating agency of India. [4] [5] It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmental corruption, in 1965 it received expanded jurisdiction to investigate breaches of central laws enforceable by the Government of India, multi-state organised crime, multi-agency or international cases. [6] CBI is exempted from the provisions of the Right to Information Act. [7] CBI is India's officially designated single point of contact to act as the liaison with Interpol. [8] The CBI headquarter is located in CGO Complex, near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.

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History

Special Police Establishment

The Bureau of Investigation traces its origins 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 in transactions with the War and Supply Department of India. [6] It had its headquarters in Lahore. The Superintendent of the SPE was Qurban Ali Khan, who later opted for Pakistan during the Partition of India. [9] The first legal adviser of the War Department was Rai Sahib Karam Chand Jain. After the end of the war, there was a continued need for a central governmental agency to investigate bribery and corruption by central-government employees. Sahib Karam Chand Jain remained its legal advisor when the department was transferred to the Home Department by the 1946 Delhi Special Police Establishment Act. [6]

CBI directors

Name [10] FromTo
D. P. Kohli1 April 196331 May 1968
F. V. Arul 31 May 19686 May 1971
D. Sen 6 May 197129 March 1977
S. N. Mathur 29 March 19772 May 1977
C. V. Narsimhan 2 May 197725 November 1977
John Lobo 25 November 197730 June 1979
Shri R. D. Singh 30 June 197924 January 1980
J. S. Bajwa 24 January 198028 February 1985
M. G. Katre 28 February 198531 October 1989
A. P. Mukherjee 31 October 198911 January 1990
R. Sekhar 11 January 199014 February 1990
Vijay Karan 14 February 199014 February 1990
S. K. Datta 14 February 199031 July 1993
K. V. R. Rao 31 July 199331 July 1996
Joginder Singh 31 July 199630 June 1997
R. C. Sharma 30 June 199731 January 1998
D. R. Karthikeyan (acting)31 January 199831 March 1998
T. N. Mishra (acting)31 March 19984 January 1999
R. K. Raghavan 4 January 19991 April 2001
P. C. Sharma 1 April 20016 December 2003
U. S. Misra 6 December 20036 December 2005
Vijay Shanker Tiwari 12 December 200531 July 2008
Ashwani Kumar 2 August 200830 November 2010
A. P. Singh 30 November 201030 November 2012
Ranjit Sinha 3 December 20122 December 2014
Anil Sinha 3 December 20142 December 2016
Rakesh Asthana (Special Director)3 December 201618 August 2018
Alok Verma 1 February 201710 January 2019
M. Nageshwar Rao (interim)24 October 20181 February 2019
Rishi Kumar Shukla 2 February 20192 February 2021
Praveen Sinha (interim)2 February 202125 May 2021
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal 25 May 202125 May 2023
Praveen Sood 25 May 2023Present

Organisation

The CBI is headed by a Director, an IPS officer with a rank of Director general of police. The current director of CBI is Praveen Sood, who was the former DG and IGP of Karnataka state police. The director is selected by a high-profile committee constituted under The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946 [11] as amended through The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, and has a two-year term which can be extended for another three years. [12]

Unconstitutional status

Gauhati High Court had given a verdict on 6 November 2013 that CBI is unconstitutional and does not hold a legal status. [13] However, the Supreme Court of India stayed this verdict when challenged by the central government and the next hearing on this is fixed on 6 December 2013. [14] It continues to derive its powers from Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946. [15]

Demand for greater autonomy

Demanding independent investigations, the CBI said that although it deferred to the government's authority in non-corruption cases, the agency felt that sufficient financial and administrative powers were required by the director (including a minimum three-year tenure to ensure "functional autonomy"). "As such, it is necessary that the director, CBI, should be vested with ex-officio powers of the Secretary to the Government of India, reporting directly to the minister, without having to go through the DoPT", the agency said, adding that financial powers were not enough and it wanted a separate budget allocation. [16]

Appointment Committee and Selection committee

The CBI Director is appointed, for not less than a term of two years, by the Appointment Committee on recommendation of Selection Committee as mentioned in DSPE Act 1946 amended through the Lokpal & Lokayukta Act 2013 and CVC Act, 2003 [17] respectively. The Appointment Committee consists of:

The Selection Committee constituted under Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946 nominates a certain number of names to the Appointment Committee, one among whom the Appointment Committee appoints as the CBI director. The Selection Committee consists of: [18]

Central Vigilance CommissionerChairperson
Vigilance CommissionersMembers
Secretary to the Government of India in-charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Central GovernmentMembers
Secretary, Co-ordination and Public Grievances, Cabinet SecretariatMember

The NDA government, on 25 November 2014, moved an amendment bill to do away with the requirement of quorum in high-profile committee while recommending the names for the post of director CBI to the central government by introducing the clause "no appointment of a (CBI) director shall be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy or absence of members in the panel" and to replace the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) with the leader of the single largest opposition party or pre-election coalition. [19]

Infrastructure

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CBI headquarters in New Delhi

CBI headquarters is a ₹186 crore (US$22 million), 11-storey building in New Delhi, housing all branches of the agency. The 7,000-square-metre (75,000 sq ft) building is equipped with a modern communications system, an advanced record-maintenance system, storage space, computerised access control and an additional facility for new technology. Interrogation rooms, cells, dormitories and conference halls are provided. The building has a staff cafeteria with a capacity of 500, gyms, a terrace garden, and bi-level basement parking for 470 vehicles. Advanced fire-control and power-backup systems are provided, in addition to a press briefing room and media lounge. [20]

Hierarchy

Officers: [21]

Subordinates:

CBI Academy

The CBI Academy in Ghaziabad (east of Delhi) began in 1996. [22] It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the New Delhi railway station and about 65 km (40 mi) from Indira Gandhi International Airport. The 26.5-acre (10.7 ha) campus, with fields and plantations, houses the administrative, academic, hostel and residential buildings. Before the academy was built a small training centre at Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi, conducted short-term in-service courses. The CBI then relied on state police-training institutions and the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad for basic training courses for deputy superintendents of police, sub-inspectors and constables.

Jurisdiction, powers and restrictions

In 2022, responding to a question, The Minister of state in the Prime Minister's office informed Rajya Sabha that a total of nine states had withdrawn general consent to the CBI to investigate cases in those states. The states include West Bengal, Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab. [23] In June 2023, Tamil Nadu became the ninth state to withdraw consent. [24]

Relationship with state police

The CBI was originally constituted under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act to operate within the territory of Delhi. As policing and law is a subject that falls within state powers under the structure of Indian federalism, the CBI needs prior consent from other state governments in order to conduct investigations within their territory. This consent can be in the form of a 'general consent' under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, which remains in operation for all investigations until it is revoked, or alternatively, a 'specific consent' authorising investigations in individual cases. [25] [26] Once consent is granted, the CBI can investigate economic, corruption, and special crimes (including national security, drugs and narcotics, etc.) [26]

Most Indian states had granted general consent to the CBI to investigate crimes within their territory. However, as of 2020, several states have withdrawn their 'general consent' for the CBI to operate, and require a special consent to be granted on a case to case basis. In November 2018 West Bengal government withdrew general consent for the CBI to investigate, and accused the Central Government of using federal agencies to destabilise state politics. [27] Andhra Pradesh restored general consent in 2019. [28] Chattisgarh and Maharashtra have given general consent to the CBI after elections. [29] In November 2020, Kerala, Jharkhand, and Punjab withdrew general consent to the CBI. [30] [31] [32] Mizoram had previously withdrawn general consent to the CBI as well. [33] [32] Meghalaya withdrew consent in March 2022, [34] and Tamil Nadu withdrew consent in June 2023, and Karnataka in 2024. Altogether, eight states require prior consent before the CBI can investigate crimes in their territory. [24]

High Courts and the Supreme Court

The High Courts and the Supreme Court have the jurisdiction to order a CBI investigation into an offence alleged to have been committed in a state without the state's consent, according to a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court (in Civil Appeals 6249 and 6250 of 2001) on 17 February 2010. The bench ruled:

Being the protectors of civil liberties of the citizens, this Court and the High Courts have not only the power and jurisdiction but also an obligation to protect the fundamental rights, guaranteed by Part III in general and under Article 21 of the Constitution in particular, zealously and vigilantly.

— Five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India, [35]

The court clarified this is an extraordinary power which must be exercised sparingly, cautiously and only in exceptional situations. [35] [36]

Exemption from Right to Information (RTI)

CBI is exempted from the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005. This exemption was granted by the government on 9 June 2011 (with similar exemptions to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation and the National Intelligence Grid (Natgrid)) on the basis of national security. It was criticized by the Central Information Commission and RTI activists, who said the blanket exemption violated the letter and intent of the RTI Act. [7] The exemption was upheld in Madras High Court.

Conviction rate

The CBI's annual conviction rate:

YearConviction rate
202274.59% [37]
202167.56% [37]
202069.83% [38]
201969.19% [37]
201868% [37]
201167% [39]
201070.8% [40]
2009N/A
200866.2% [41]
200767.7% [42]

Controversy and criticism

Corruption

In 2013, Judge of the Supreme Court of India (and later Chief Justice of India) R. M. Lodha criticized the CBI for being a "caged parrot speaking in its master's voice", due to its excessive political interference irrespective of which party happened to be in power. [43] [44]

Because of the CBI's political overtones, [45] it has been exposed by former officials such as Joginder Singh and B. R. Lall (director and joint director, respectively) as engaging in nepotism, wrongful prosecution and corruption. In Lall's book, Who Owns CBI, he details how investigations are manipulated and derailed. [46] Corruption within the organisation [47] [48] has been revealed in information obtained under the RTI Act, [49] and RTI activist Krishnanand Tripathi has alleged harassment from the CBI to save itself from exposure via RTI. [50] The states that have withdrawn consent to the CBI have accused the CBI of being a tool used by the Union Government to unfairly target parties ideologically rivaling them. [34]

Political interference

Normally, cases assigned to the CBI are sensitive and of national importance. It is standard practice for state police departments to register cases under its jurisdiction; if necessary, the central government may transfer a case to the CBI. The agency has been criticised for its mishandling of several scams. [51] [52] [53] It has also been criticized for dragging its feet investigating prominent politicians, such as P. V. Narasimha Rao, J. Jayalalithaa, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav; this tactic leads to their acquittal or non-prosecution. [54]

Bofors scandal

In January 2006 it was discovered that the CBI had quietly unfrozen bank accounts belonging to Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, one of those accused in the 1986 Bofors scandal which tainted the government of Rajiv Gandhi.[ citation needed ] The CBI was responsible for the inquiry into the Bofors case. Associates of then-prime minister Rajiv Gandhi were linked to alleged payoffs made during the mid-1980s by Swedish arms firm AB Bofors, with US million[ clarification needed ]in kickbacks moved from Britain and Panama to secret Swiss banks. The 410 howitzers purchased in the US million arms sale were reported to be inferior to those offered by a French competitor.

The CBI, which unfroze ₹21 crore (US$2.5 million) in a London bank in accounts held by Bofors, accused Quattrocchi and his wife Maria in 2006 but facilitated his travel by asking Interpol to take him off its wanted list on 29 April 2009. After communications from the CBI, Interpol withdrew the Interpol notice on Quattrocchi. [55]

Hawala scandal

A 1991 arrest of militants in Kashmir led to a raid on hawala brokers, revealing evidence of large-scale payments to national politicians. The Jain hawala case encompassed former Union ministers Ajit Kumar Panja and P. Shiv Shankar, former Uttar Pradesh governor Motilal Vora, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha. The 20 defendants were discharged by Special Judge V. B. Gupta in the ₹ 650-million case, heard in New Delhi.

The judge ruled that there was no prima facie evidence against the accused which could be converted into legal evidence. Those freed included Bharatiya Janata Party president L. K. Advani; former Union ministers V. C. Shukla, Arjun Singh, Madhavrao Scindia, N. D. Tiwari and R. K. Dhawan, and former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana. In 1997 a ruling by late Chief Justice of India J. S. Verma listed about two dozen guidelines which, if followed, would have ensured the independence of the investigating agency. Sixteen years later, successive governments circumvent the guidelines and treat the CBI as another wing of the government. Although the prosecution was prompted by a public-interest petition, the cases concluded with no convictions. In Vineet Narain & Others v Union of India AIR 1996 SC 3386, the Supreme Court ruled that the Central Vigilance Commission should have a supervisory role over the CBI. [56]

Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case

In this case Santosh Kumar Singh, the alleged murderer of a 25-year-old law student, was acquitted for what the judge called "deliberate inaction" by the investigating team. The accused was the son of a high-ranking officer in the Indian Police Service, the reason for the CBI's involvement. The 1999 judgment noted that "the influence of the father of the accused has been there". Embarrassed by the judgment, CBI Director R. K. Raghavan appointed two special directors (P. C. Sharma and Gopal Achari) to study the judgement. The CBI appealed the verdict in Delhi High Court in 2000, and the court issued a warrant for the accused. The CBI applied for an early hearing in July 2006; in October the High Court found Singh guilty of rape and murder, sentencing him to death.[ citation needed ]

Sister Abhaya

This case concerns 27 March 1992 death of a nun who was found in a water well in the Saint Pius X convent hostel in Kottayam, Kerala. Five CBI investigations have failed to yield any suspects. The case was solved finally in December 2020 where the Main Accused were sentenced to life imprisonment by The Kerala High Court.

Sohrabuddin case

The CBI has been accused of supporting the ruling Indian National Congress against its opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party. The CBI is investigating the Sohrabuddin case in Gujarat; Geeta Johri, also investigating the case, claimed that the CBI is pressuring her to falsely implicate former Gujarat minister Amit Shah. [57]

Sant Singh Chatwal case

Sant Singh Chatwal was a suspect in CBI records for 14 years. The agency had filed two charge sheets, sent Letters rogatory abroad and sent a team to the United States to imprison Chatwal and his wife from 2–5 February 1997. On 30 May 2007 and 10 August 2008 former CBI directors Vijay Shankar and Ashwani Kumar, respectively, signed no-challenge orders on the imprisonment. Later, it was decided not to appeal their release.

This closed a case of bank fraud in which Chatwal had been embroiled for over a decade. Along with four others, Chatwal was charged with being part of a "criminal conspiracy" to defraud the Bank of India's New York branch of ₹28.32 crore (US$3.4 million). Four charges were filed by the CBI, with Chatwal named a defendant in two. The other two trials are still in progress. RTI applicant Krishnanand Tripathi was denied access to public information concerning the closed cases. The Central Information Commission later ordered the CBI to disclose the information; however, the CBI is exempt from the RTI Act (see above). Chatwal is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan. [58] [59] [60]

Malankara Varghese murder case

This case concerns 5 December 2002 death of T. M. Varghese (also known as Malankara Varghese), a member of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church managing committee and a timber merchant. Varghese Thekkekara, a priest and manager of the Angamali diocese of the rival Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (part of the Syriac Orthodox Church), was charged with murder and conspiracy on 9 May 2010. Thekkekara was not arrested after he was charged, for which the CBI was criticised by the Kerala High Court and the media. [61]

Bhopal gas tragedy

The CBI was publicly seen as ineffective in trying the 1984 Bhopal disaster case. Former CBI joint director B. R. Lall has said that he was asked to remain soft on extradition for Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson [62] and drop the charges (which included culpable homicide). Those accused received two-year sentences. [63]

2G spectrum case

The UPA government has been accused of allocating 2G spectrum to corporations at very low prices through corrupt and illegal means. The Supreme Court cited the CBI many times for its tardiness in the investigations; [64] [65] only after the court began monitoring its investigations [66] [67] [68] were high-profile arrests made.

Indian coal allocation scam

This is a political scandal concerning the Indian UPA government's allocation of the nation's coal deposits to private companies by the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which cost the government ₹10,673.03 billion (US$130 billion). CBI director Ranjit Sinha submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court that the coal-scam status report prepared by the agency was shared with Congress Party law minister Ashwani Kumar "as desired by him" and with secretary-level officers from the prime minister's office (PMO) and the coal ministry before presenting it to the court. [69]

2008 Noida double murder case

This is a double murder case of 14-year-old girl Aarushi Talwar and 45-year-old Hemraj Banjade from Noida, India. On 26 November 2013, parents of the girl, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders. [70] In January 2014, the Talwars challenged the decision in the Allahabad High Court. [71] The High Court's acquitted them of all charges on 12 October 2017 because of the lack of 'irresistible proof'. [72] The Allahabad HC in its verdict said that there were loopholes in the evidence which found the parents not guilty. Court also said that CBI tampered with evidence and tutored witnesses. Questions arose by nation on investigation and judgement given by CBI court. [73] [74] [75] [76]

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