The Supreme Court on Friday expressed satisfaction over the “substantial progress” made by the CBI in its investigation into the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh.
“We have gone through the status report. We are satisfied that there is some substantial progress made by the CBI in these cases,” a Bench, comprising Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justices S.A. Bobde and Amitava Roy, said.
The CJI also observed that “I really wonder how deaths have completely stopped in Vyapam scam since apex court took over the matter on July 9 and entrusted the case to the CBI and monitored the probe.”
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The Bench also took on record the status report of the Centre filed through Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi regarding filling of posts and creation of new posts in the CBI.
The Bench asked Solicitor-General Ranjit Kumar to consider the plea of one of the petitioners, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, that CBI should be handed over all other complaints pending with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and Special Task Force (STF).
The Bench posted the matter for further hearing on November 23 and noted the submission of the Attorney General that in four weeks from now all the process of appointments and filling of vacancies would be streamlined and made smooth.
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