The Supreme Court has dismissed a curative petition seeking to re-examine its verdict upholding the appointment of Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as CBI Special Director.
It rejected a curative petition filed by NGO, Common Cause, whose review petition was also earlier held to be devoid of merits.
After an in-chamber hearing, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said they have gone through the curative petition and connected papers. The bench, also comprising Justices M B Lokur, A K Sikri and A M Sapre, passed the order on December 11 and was made public on the apex court’s website December 14.
The decision of the apex court came amidst a bitter tussle between Mr Asthana and CBI Director Alok Verma. Both have been divested of powers and sent on leave by the Central government on October 23.