Accountable by extension: Meet Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Director, ED

To this, opposition leader Kapil Sibal had just one question: If who the ED Director is is not important, then why did the government give him a third extension?

The final chapter in the saga of ‘the Importance of Being Sanjay Kumar Mishra’ will be complete on July 31, when, following an order from the Supreme Court, the term of the 62-year-old controversial chief of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will come to an end. Rarely has the apex court ordered that a public servant step down from his position calling his continuance in the position the violation of a court order.

The government, on whose intervention Mishra continued as ED chief, reacted to the court directive, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah tweeting: “Those rejoicing over the Hon’ble SC