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Central Bureau of Investigation - Wikipedia PDF
Central Bureau of Investigation - Wikipedia PDF
Investigation
Website www.cbi.gov.in
History
Special Police Establishment
(SPE)
D. P. Kohli
Organisational structure
The CBI is headed by a Director, an IPS
officer with a rank of Director General of
Police. The director is selected by a high-
profile committee constituted under The
Delhi Special Police Establishment
(DSPE) Act, 1946 [1] as amended
through The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act,
2013, and has a two-year term. Other
ranks in the CBI which may be staffed by
the IRS(Indian Revenue Service) officer
and the IPS are Special Director,
Additional Director, Joint Director, Deputy
Inspector General of Police, Senior
Superintendent of Police, Superintendent
of Police, Additional Superintendent of
Police, Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Assistant Sub-
Inspector, Head constable, Constable
which are recruited through SSC or
through deputation from Police, Income
Tax Department and Customs
Department.
Appointment Committee
and Selection committee
The amended Delhi Special Police
Establishment Act 1946 (as amended
through The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act,
2013) empowers an Appointment
Committee to appoint the director of CBI.
The committee consists the following
people:
Infrastructure
Political interference
Bofors scandal
Hawala scandal
Sister Abhaya
Sohrabuddin case
2G spectrum case
Autonomy
Demanding independent investigations,
the CBI said that although it deferred to
the government's authority in non-
corruption cases the agency felt that
sufficient financial and administrative
powers (including a minimum three-year
tenure to ensure "functional autonomy")
were required by the director.
Constitutional status
This section needs to be updated.
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Conviction rate
The CBI has a high conviction rate:
2011 67%[53]
2010 70.8%[54]
2009 N/A
2008 66.2%[55]
2007 67.7%[56]
See also
Enforcement Directorate in the Ministry
of Finance (India)
References
1. "OVER ALL VACANCY POSITION OF
CBI AS ON 01.03.2017" (PDF). p. 01.
Retrieved 21 March 2017.
2. "IPS officer Rishi Kumar Shukla
appointed new CBI director" , Times
of India, 2 February 2019
3. http://www.cbi.gov.in/aboutus/cbirol
es.php
4. "A Brief History of CBI" . Central
Bureau of Investigation, Government
of India. Archived from the original
on 18 August 2019.