Social activist and former senior IPS officer Kiran Bedi on Tuesday said the entire nation is ”thanking” the Supreme Court after it asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to function independently without consulting its ”political bosses”. “The Supreme Court (SC) today stood up to save our democracy, which is a huge thing. We knew the SC would do this someday. This verdict will save the country from going to the dogs and in turn, will end the bankruptcy. These words that were uttered in the SC was the need of the hour,” Bedi said. Reminding the CBI of its duties Bedi said, “Even after this, if the CBI shows it is vulnerable then it would be a crime. It will be kicked if it does this again. If they start functioning properly then crimes and corruption can be curbed. They have forgotten their duties and had become selfish. It (the court) has reminded the CBI of its duties.” Earlier, the SC asked the government to restore the independent position of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with regard to its probe of coal block allocations. It said that the government has shaken the entire process of investigation by asking the CBI Director Ranjit Sinha to show the draft report to the Union Minister for Law and Justice Ashwani Kumar for alleged vetting before its submission to the apex court. “Why was the apex court kept in dark about the sharing of probe report with the government,” a bench of the Supreme Court asked the CBI counsel. The apex court bench further said that: “This suppression by the CBI is not ordinary.” It said that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should not be influenced by its masters and its independent position must be restored. (ANI)
