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DELAYED CASES FOR GRANT OF SANCTION FOR PROSECUTION WILL BE NOTIFIED ON
Central Vigilance Commissioner, Shri Pratyush Sinha has said that delayed cases for grant of sanction for prosecution beyond three months will be notified on CVC website. 'A proposal in this regard has already been sent to the Govt.', he added. Shri Sinha was interacting with the press after the valedictory function of the 17th Biennial Conference of State Anti-corruption Bureaux & CBI at Vigyan Bhawan yesterday.
In order to check the delay in grant of sanction for prosecution, the Department of Personnel had also issued detailed guidelines on 6th November, 2006 prescribing time limit at each stage and also fixing responsibilities on deliberate delays. The Secretary of the Ministry/ Department concerned will be required to furnish report to the CVC in all cases of delay beyond the stipulated time of three months.
The department related parliamentary committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice in its twenty fourth report (March 2008) on "Working of Central Bureau of Investigation" has stated that
"once the investigating agency comes to the conclusion that prosecution is necessary and Director of Prosecution also concurs, there should not be any delay for any reason other than the merits of prosecution itself. The Committee accordingly desires that the Ministry should make all concerted efforts to ensure that the concerned Departments, Ministries of the Central Government or State Government accord necessary sanction for prosecution within a period of 15 days. The Committee is of the considered opinion that if the sanction is not granted within a period of 15 days, it should be " deemed sanction" and the CBI should file the chargesheet in the court and proceed further according to the law of the land."
Sanction for prosecution is the main contributory factor in the successful conduct of CBI enquiry.
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