{"id":55177,"date":"2019-01-17T14:40:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T09:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55177"},"modified":"2019-01-17T14:40:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T09:10:44","slug":"pm-headed-panel-likely-to-meet-on-jan-24-to-appoint-new-cbi-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pm-headed-panel-likely-to-meet-on-jan-24-to-appoint-new-cbi-director","title":{"rendered":"PM-headed panel likely to meet on Jan 24 to appoint new CBI Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/pm.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" data-attachment-id=\"55178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pm-headed-panel-likely-to-meet-on-jan-24-to-appoint-new-cbi-director\/pm-4\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/pm.jpg?fit=302%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,219\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/pm.jpg?fit=302%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55178\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/pm.jpg?resize=300%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/pm.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/pm.jpg?resize=138%2C100&amp;ssl=1 138w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/pm.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The high-powered Selection Committee is likely to meet on January 24 to appoint the new CBI Director, sources said here.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads the committee, in which the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge are the other members.<\/p>\n<p>The sources said the government had proposed the meeting on January 21 earlier while Kharge wanted the meeting on January 24 or 25.<\/p>\n<p>After mutual consultations, the government has finalised January 24 as the date for the meeting to select the new CBI Director, a post which is lying vacant ever since the government removed Alok Verma and appointed him as Director General Fire Service.<\/p>\n<p>IPS officer M Nageswara Rao was named the interim director of the CBI.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress has been attacking the prime minister for not appointing a regular CBI Director.<\/p>\n<p>Kharge had also written to the prime minister demanding early holding of the meeting of the high powered committee to appoint a regular CBI Director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high-powered Selection Committee is likely to meet on January 24 to appoint the new CBI Director, sources said here. 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