IN COURT PIL CHALLENGED APPOINTMENT OF CBI DIRECTOR WITHDRAWN FROM BOMBAY HIGH COURT, 'INFRUCTUOUS

The Bombay High Court in the case Rajendrakumar Vishwanath Trivedi vs The Union of India & Ors observed wherein the Public Interest Litigation, PIL is moved challenging the appointment of IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.

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The court was informed that the office term had ended rendering the PIL infructuous. The said position is now held by IPS officer Praveen Sood.

The Division bench comprising of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Arif Doctor was hearing the PIL.

The bench in it's order stated that the Learned Additional Solicitor General informs the Court that the term of Respondent No.3 as a Director, Central Bureau of Investigation has come to an end on May 25, 2023, which has rendered the PIL Petition infructuous.

The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted before the court that the Petitioner may be permitted to withdraw the PIL Petition.