includes the Prime Minister is among the steps the government intends
to take to insulate the agency from political interference, the
Supreme Court was informed on Wednesday.
The collegium would include the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha
and the Chief Justice of India or a judge to be nominated by him, the
government said in a 41-page affidavit, adding that the Delhi Special
Police Establishment Act would be amended for this.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director would have a term
of not less than two years.
The proposed committee, the affidavit said, shall recommend an IPS
officer to be the CBI director on the basis of seniority, integrity
and experience in the investigation of anti-corruption and criminal
cases.
The affidavit came in response to the apex court asking what steps the
government intended to take to uphold the CBI's autonomy and to
insulate it from political interference.
The apex court direction came after the CBI director admitted in April
that the probe report into the allocation of coal blocks was vetted by
then law minister Ashwani Kumar and officials of the Prime Minister's
Office and the coal ministry.
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