In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- GVL Narasimha Rao, Natl Spokesperson & Member Electoral Reforms, BJP; Dr Ijaz Ilmi, Leader, BJP; Aryama Sundaram, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court; KTS Tulsi, MP, Rajya Sabha & Senior Advocate, SC; Vikas Singh, Counsel for Ranjit Sinha; Ashish Khetan, Leader, AAP; Prasenjit Bose, Economist; and Mahesh Jethmalani, Senior Advocate -- discuss the issue of SC removing CBI Director Ranjit Sinha from 2G case.
With just 12 days left in his retirement, Sinha today (Nov 20, 2014) suffered a major blow when the Supreme Court removed him from the 2G scam case, saying the allegations against him of protecting some accused appears to be "prima facie credible". The apex court, in an unprecedented order, handed over the case to the senior-most officer after Sinha in the 2G scam investigating team. A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu, however, refused to pass an elaborate order on the issue saying that it would "tarnish" the "image and reputation" of the premier agency. Beleaguered CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha said he will abide by the Supreme Court order directing him to recuse from the 2G telecom scam probe and denied having named any officer as mole before the apex court. Sinha, who had to face Supreme Court's ire today which asked him to keep away from the 2G telecom scam probe, said he would not be filing any review petition as the order was from the Bench headed by the Chief Justice. When asked about naming DIG Santosh Rastogi as a possible 'mole' who leaked the documents to activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, CBI Director said that he had not named anyone. The CBI chief's role was criticised by the apex court-appointed Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover and counsel appearing for CBI, K K Venugopal, also raised questions on Sinha naming a senior IPS officer as mole in the team. The apex court also recalled its earlier order by which it directed the NGO to disclose the name of whistleblower who
