Centre promulgates ordinance to extend tenures of Directors of CBI and ED upto five years

DAYS before Parliament’s winter session, the President of India Sunday promulgated two Ordinances, namely, the Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 and the Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 to extend the tenures of the Director, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), respectively, up to five years from the current two years’ tenure. The ordinances imply that both the CBI and the ED director will have a fixed tenure of two years as prescribed … Continue reading Centre promulgates ordinance to extend tenures of Directors of CBI and ED upto five years