Maintain confidentiality of report: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said that the Central Vigilance Commission’s preliminary report on allegations against CBI director Alok Verma contained some findings that were complimentary and others that were “very uncomplimentary”. These needed further investigation, the court said on Friday.

“CVC has filed an exhaustive report. The report has been categorised and is very complimentary on some charges, not so complimentary on some charges and very uncomplimentary on some charges. The CVC report says some charges are required to be investigated and they need time,” the CJI told Mr Nariman.

The bench, also comprising Justices S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph, directed Mr Verma, the attorney general and the solicitor general to maintain confidentiality of the CVC report keeping in mind public confidence in CBI and sanctity of the institution.

Mr Dushyant Dave, appearing for the NGO Common Cause, which has filed a separate petition seeking a probe by special investigation team against the CBI officers, had earlier claimed that acting CBI director M. Nageswara Rao has taken policy decision despite an apex court order against it.

“We will presume that he (Rao) has not taken any major policy decision because you have not given us list of decisions by him,” the bench told Mr Dave. Mr Rao has already filed in the court the decisions taken by him from October 23-26, the court added.