CBI can prosecute senior bureaucrats without govt sanction: SC
May 06, 2014  19:55
Scrapping the protection given to senior bureaucrats in corruption cases, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Central Bureau of Investigation can probe and prosecute them without Centre's sanction, saying that corrupt public servants, whether high or low, are birds of the same feather and must be treated equally.

Quashing Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act which makes it mandatory for the agency to get prior approval of the Centre to probe against an officer of joint secretary-rank or above, the court held that provision hampers impartial probe and protects crime-doers.

The investigating agency has frequently faced problems in proceeding against senior bureaucrats in the absence of government sanction.
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