SC brings Verma back as CBI chief, but can't take major policy decisions

Curb remains till a high-powered committee completes probe on graft charges against him; Verma had moved top court challenging govt decision to send him on leave

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Alok Verma as director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), observing that it was necessary the agency’s chief “should be the role model of independence and integrity, which can only be ensured by freedom from all kinds of control and interference”. The apex court set aside the government’s order sending Verma on leave and divesting him of powers, handing a partial moral victory to him. 

The court, however, said Verma would not take any major policy decisions until the high-powered committee responsible for selection and appointment of