{"id":36249,"date":"2014-12-17T22:02:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T16:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36249"},"modified":"2014-12-17T22:02:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T16:32:24","slug":"sc-asks-centre-appoint-cvc-vc-without-permission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-asks-centre-appoint-cvc-vc-without-permission","title":{"rendered":"SC asks Centre not to appoint CVC &#038; VC without its permission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to take its permission before appointing the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Vigilance Commissioner (VC) and also sought details about the selection process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">A bench comprising chief justice <span id=\"ms__id1138\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">H.L. 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Lokur, however, allowed the government to continue with the selection process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">During the hearing, attorney general <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span id=\"ms__id1141\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Mukul\u00a0 Rohatgi<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> appearing for the Centre, informed the court that he will be filing the relevant records pertaining to the selection process in a sealed cover. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">The bench was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by NGO centre for integrity, governance and training in vigilance administration, alleging that the Centre was going ahead with the appointment of CVC and VC without giving wide publicity to the vacancies arising on the completion of tenure of the then CVC <span id=\"ms__id1144\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Pradip <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Kumar<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> and the then VC <\/span><span id=\"ms__id1146\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">J.M.<\/span> Garg<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">Kumar and Garg completed their tenure on 28 September and 7 September, respectively. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">During the hearing on 18 September, the apex court had rapped the Centre for lack of transparency in the selection process of CVC and VC, following which government gave the assurance that no final decision will be taken without its nod. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">Raising questions on lack of transparency in selection process of CVC and VCs, the apex court had said this promotes \u201cfavouritism and nepotism\u201d and had asked why only bureaucrats are picked for the posts and not common people. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">Enumerating the selection process, the attorney general had submitted that the Cabinet Secretary and 36 other secretaries propose the names of 120 people for the post out of which 20 names are taken and five people are short-lists and forwarded to the selection committee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">The PIL had referred to the 21 July letter issued by the secretary, department of personnel and training (DoPT), to secretaries in the government to suggest names for empanelment for the post of CVC and VC, allegedly aimed at keeping away common people. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">The NGO had contended the Centre ought to have similar procedure for making appointment of CVC and VCs as is being done in the case of filling up one post of chairperson and eight posts of members in the Lokpal under the provisions of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to take its permission before appointing the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Vigilance Commissioner (VC) and also sought details about the selection process. 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