'None of you deserves a hearing' SC upset over leak of CBI's Alok Verma's reply; adjourns hearing ti
'None of you deserves a hearing' SC upset over leak of CBI's Alok Verma's reply; adjourns hearing ti
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday expressed strong displeasure over the leak of CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma's confidential reply filed with its secretary general in the media. The apex court was hearing Verma's plea against govt's decision to divest him of duties, sending him on leave. Taking a serious offense about the sealed cover response of Alok Verma getting leaked to a news portal, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi said, "We don't think anyone of you deserves a hearing." The apex court has adjourned to November 29 hearing on Verma's plea. The court has asked senior advocate Fali Nariman appearing for Verma to explain how this happened. However, Nariman expresses shock over the leak of CBI director's response. Nariman also said that the press must act with responsibility. He revealed another shocking detail that the request for additional time to file response to Verma was without his consent. He said the response was ready as the entire night he had worked to complete it. He was astonished to read in today's papers that time was sought by Verma. Meanwhile, the internecine feud in the CBI turned murkier on Monday with a senior officer M K Sinha dragging the names of NSA Ajit Doval, Union minister Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary and CVC K V Chowdhury over alleged attempts to interfere in the probe against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who has been divested of his duties and sent on leave along with his boss. Sinha, who was probing the FIR against Asthana, the CBI's number 2, and important cases like the PNB scam involving Nirav Modi, made a litany of sensational allegations in his petition before the Supreme Court that sought urgent hearing for quashing his transfer to Nagpur.