SC holds Rao guilty of contempt

Why in news?
  • The Supreme Court on Tuesday held the former interim Director of the CBI, M. Nageswara Rao, guilty of contempt for disobeying its order not to transfer Joint Director A.K. Sharma who was probing the Bihar shelter home cases, from the investigating agency.
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What was the issue:
  • Mr. Rao transferred Mr. Sharma as Additional Director-General of the CRPF on January 17 but did not communicate his decision to the court, despite being advised to submit an affidavit immediately.
What SC told:
  • A Bench headed by CJI termed his act blatant disobedience of the order.
  • It also levied a fine of ₹1 lakh each on the officers.
Source
The Hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 13th Feb 2019
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