Top Law News CAG has powers to scrutinise Government’s performance: SC October 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that CAG is not a “munimji” (accountant), the Supreme Court on Monday said scrutinising the effective use of resources is his primary duty and it was for Parliament to accept or reject his reports. Dismissing a plea challenging the Comptroller and Auditor General’s power to conduct performance audit of coal block allocation and other […] Read more » appeared for petitioner Arvind Gupta audit of coal block allocation CAG has powers to scrutinise Government's performance: SC CAG to review or assess a scheme or policy of the Government CAG’s powers Comptroller and Auditor General's power Constitution on the powers of the CAG Constitutional mandate to scrutinise counsel Santosh Paul economic aspect of the Government's policy matters Effective use of resources is the primary duty of the CAG justices A R Dave justices R M Lodha Parliament to accept or reject his reports powers to scrutinise Government's performance