SC agrees to hear PIL challenging appointment of Sharma as CAG

May 23, 2013 16:42

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a PIL challenging appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra, however, said there is no urgency in taking up the matter during vacation and posted the case for hearing in July. Sharma was today sworn in as CAG by President Pranab Mukherjee.

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