Praveen Sood, the current DGP of Karnataka, has been made the director of the CBI.
Present in Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood To the country’s largest investigation agency CBI director has been made. His tenure will be of two years. Praveen Sood will replace the current CBI director Subodh Jaiswal. His term will end on May 25. in 1963 home Ministry The CBI was started after the proposal of the Central Government, which is the main investigation agency of the Central Government.
There is also a rule for the appointment of Director in CBI. Even after a process, it is decided who will be handed over the command of the agency of investigation. Know what is the whole process.
How is the appointment of CBI director, 5 points
- The Director of CBI is selected by the High Level Appointments Committee (ACC). The Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha are included in this committee headed by the Prime Minister. This committee approves any one name for the post of Director of CBI. Initially this appointment is for two years. Later it can be increased to 5 years.
- The CBI director is appointed under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (1946). This law was changed in 2013. Under the change, the recommendations of a three-member committee for the appointment of the head of the CBI have been compulsorily included, in which the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice of the country only recommend the name.
- In 2014, this rule was changed again. Under the new change, it was said that if there is no leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, the leader of the country’s largest opposition party will be included in this committee. CBI DirectorFor the appointment of the Ministry of Home Affairs, applications are sought from the officers having its qualification. After this the names of the eligible officers are sent to this committee. Where any one name gets the final stamp.
- The command of the CBI is in the hands of the director. The Director of CBI also works as the Inspector General of Police of Delhi.Presently Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CJI DY Chandrachud and the leader of the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, approved the appointment of Praveen Sood in a meeting of the high level committee. Officers having minimum 30 years of experience in Indian Police Service or other All India Service can apply for the post of Director of CBI.
- Praveen Sood is currently the DGP in Karnataka Police. Praveen Sood, who graduated from IIT Delhi, became a part of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1986. In 1989, he started his career as Assistant Superintendent of Police in Mysore. He was the Superintendent of Police of Bellary and Raichur. After this he was appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Bangalore.
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