February 01, 2019:

On Friday, Supreme Court asked the Centre why it has not appointed a regular CBI Director and said it was "averse" to the appointment of an Interim Chief for the agency for a long period.

A bench comprising of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Naveen Sinha said the post of CBI Director was sensitive and the government should have appointed a regular director by now.

Attorney General K K Venugopal told the Court that a high-powered committee headed by the Prime Minister will hold a meeting Friday to select a new CBI Director.

He also told the Court that the Centre had taken the approval of the high-powered committee before appointing IPS Officer M Nageswara Rao as the Interim CBI Director.

Taking account of the Attorney General's submissions that the committee will hold a meeting on Friday, the apex court posted the matter for hearing on Feb 6.

The bench was hearing a petition of NGO Common Cause challenging the appointment of Rao as interim CBI Director.

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