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CBI to move SC

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The Central Bureau of Investigation is likely to move the Supreme Court a day after Gauhati questioned its validity under the Delhi Police Act, 1963. According to sources, the Centre is weighing options to approach the apex court challenging the Gauhati High Court order. The verdict was passed after the court took up a plea against CBI in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy where the investigation agency chargesheet a BSNL officer in a cheating case to be quashed by the court. Many legal experts across the country called the verdict a shocking.

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