Supreme Court disposes plea challenging Rao's appointment as interim CBI chief, says no interference required

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday disposed of a plea challenging the appointment of

M Nageswara Rao

as interim CBI Director.


A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran said no further interference is required as the relief has already been granted with the appointment of a full time CBI Director.

The verdict came on a plea of NGO,

Common Cause

, which had challenged the appointment of Rao as interim CBI director.

On February 4, Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983-batch IPS officer, took charge of the probe agency as a full-fledged director.

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