Asked about the scathing criticism of the Supreme Court over sharing of its status report in coal block allocation case with Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and officials of PMO and Coal Ministry, Sinha said "we have humbly accepted remarks of the Supreme Court. What can I comment on the comments made by Supreme Court?"
On the question of the Supreme Court terming the agency a "caged parrot" that "speaks in its master's voice", Sinha told reporters here "whatever the Supreme Court said is correct."
The court had come down heavily on CBI yesterday for sharing the status report on coal allocation scam probe with Ashwani Kumar and officials of PMO and Coal Ministry.
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