Government will soon bring a bill to give CBI autonomy

New Delhi: Government on Wednesday said that it will soon bring a bill in the Parliament for bringing autonomy to CBI.

The Apex Court on Wednesday had said that the law on CBI’s autonomy will have to be amended and that Parliament must debate and approve suggestions made by the Centre to liberate the agency from political interference.

Listing the measures to insulate CBI from external pressures, government had told the Supreme Court that the agency director will be appointed on the recommendation of a three member-panel headed by the Prime Minister and including the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India or a nominated judge – for a period of ‘not less than two years’.