Prashant Bhushan moves SC against SK Sharma's appointment as CAG | |
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 Prashant Bhushan The recent appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was challenged again in the Supreme Court as veteran lawyer and anti-corruption activist Prashant Bhushan filed a PIL on Monday. Bhushan filed the PIL on behalf of nine petitioners, including former chief election commissioner N. Gopalswami, former navy chiefs Admiral (retired) R.H. Tahiliani and Admiral (retired) Ramdas, former deputy CAG B.P. Mathur, retired IAS officers Kamal Kant Jaswal, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, E.A.S. Sarma, S. Krishnan and M.G. Devasahayam. Bhushan's is the second PIL against the CAG appointment. Earlier, lawyer M.L. Sharma had also filed a petition challenging the appointment of Sharma, who replaced Vinod Rai on his retirement last month. Both the PILs were expected to come up for hearing next week after the summer vacation. Bhushan has filed the PIL on the grounds that Sharma's appointment was arbitrary, opaque and made without any procedure. The petition also claims conflict of interest as Sharma, who earlier was the defence secretary, would decide the defence department's cases as well because various shady deals took place under his watch. - With inputs from Headlines Today |
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