Apex court summons CBI director

NEWDELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday summoned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director for not complying with its order to file final investigation reports in seven cases related to extrajudicial killings in Manipur.

The deadline for filing the report was Friday.

A bench of Justice MB Lokur and Justice UU Lalit ordered CBI top boss, Alok Kumar Verma, to appear before it on Monday.

“We would like to know from the director what should be done to expedite the investigation and filing of charge sheets,” the bench ordered. SC in its last hearing had ordered the agency to file chargesheet in seven of the 98 cases in Manipur that were found to be cases of extrajudicial killing.

On Monday CBI had asked for more time from the court to file the charge sheet, despite completion of the probe. Additional solicitor general Maninder Singh, however, could not specify of any time frame for the same.

Singh said that in two cases approval for filing charge sheet has been received and in two other cases approval would be taken in the next few days. But the bench refused to accept the submission.

SC CONCERNED OVER VACANCIES IN JUDICIAL BODIES

Expressing concern over the vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SIC), the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and states to submit a time schedule for filling up the positions in the quasi-judicial bodies within a month.

“We will ensure that the posts are filled up,” a bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan told advocate Prashant Bhushan, lawyer for the petitioner Anjali Bharadwaj, who said four posts in CIC were vacant and four more, including that of the Chief Information Commissioner, will join the list in December.