Verma and NGO Common Cause had filed a plea was filed after the Centre decided to divest him of his charge and send him on forced leave in the intervening night of October 23-24.
NEW DELHI: In a huge win for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Centre's decision to send him on forced leave. The CBI director had challenged the government's decision to send him on leave and divest him of his duties.
# Supreme Court SETS ASIDE Centre's decision to divest CBI Director Alok Verma of his powers. The apex court said that the committee will have to consider matter afresh.
# Judgment has been authored by the CJI but in his absence today, Justice SK Kaul is reading out the verdict on behalf of the bench. The verdict that was to be delivered by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was given by Justice Sanjay K Kaul as the former was unavailable in the apex court on Tuesday.
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