A Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee will meet on Friday evening to pick the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Attorney General KK Venugopal told the court that a high-powered committee, headed by the PM, will hold a meeting to select a new CBI director.
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Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who is part of the panel, had said that the meeting would take place at 6 pm.
The panel, which also includes Supreme Court Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, had met on January 24, but the discussions had remained inconclusive. At that meeting, Kharge is believed to have sought details of the seniority and experience of around 80 Indian Police Service officers from four eligible batches, The Times of India reported.
The previous CBI director, Alok Verma, was removed by the committee on January 10. Verma was first removed by the government in October 2018 amid infighting at the agency and allegations of corruption.
Later, M Nageswara Rao was soon after appointed the interim chief of the agency.
(With Agency Inputs)
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