PC will head govt panel on CBI autonomy

Pushed to the corner by the Supreme Court for keeping CBI like a "caged parrot", the UPA government on Tuesday constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to suggest an appropriate law to provide "independence and functional autonomy" to the premiere investigative agency.

Updated on: May 15, 2013, 24:23:54 IST

Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent, New Delhi

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Pushed to the corner by the Supreme Court for keeping CBI like a "caged parrot", the UPA government on Tuesday constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to suggest an appropriate law to provide "independence and functional autonomy" to the premiere investigative agency.

The five minister's panel is headed by finance minister P Chidambaram and will prepare, within three weeks, the draft law and the draft affidavit to be filed in the Supreme Court.

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