The government introduced two Bills in the Lok Sabha that seek to extend the tenures of the directors of the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) up to a maximum of five years.
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Minister of State for Personnel and Training Dr. Jitendra Singh introduced The Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to replace ordinances that had been brought in the recess period.
Opposition members said that the Bills were against the Supreme Court observations on the matter, and were being brought in to harass Opposition leaders from such agencies.
They stating that it completely disregarded the Supreme Court’s observations that were clear in view that extensions of tenure to superannuated officials should only be done in rare cases. The government’s move was mala fide.
They contended that both the ED and CBI were used by the government to harass Opposition leaders. They said piecemeal extensions would lead to officers’ loyalty to the government.
Jitendra Singh, however, said the Bills were being brought in as “earlier laws never put any limit on the tenures, we are limiting it to five years.”
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