20:40 November 05
Jharkhand withdraws 'general consent' accorded to CBI
Ranchi (Jharkhand): The Jharkhand government on Thursday withdrew the 'general consent' accorded to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Unlike the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has a countrywide jurisdiction to take over any case related to terrorism, the CBI requires consent of the state government under section 6 of the DPSE Act, the law that governs the agency's functioning.
Earlier yesterday, Left-ruled Kerala decided to withdraw the general consent accorded to the CBI to probe cases, joining a list of non-BJP ruled states including Maharashtra to have effected a similar move.
The governments of West Bengal, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh had recently withdrawn the general consent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a kind of blanket nod for the agency to probe scheduled offences specified in the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (DPSE) Act, 1946.
The CBI also lacks a "general consent" from Mizoram.
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