(a) the number of States which have withdrawn the General Consent for CBI Investigation;
(b) the reasons for such mistrust between the States and the Centre;
(c) the number of ongoing investigations of CBI under different heads like corruption, narcotics etc., head-wise; and
(d) the number of cases ongoing, closed, completed (accused convicted) under the CBI since its inception, year-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) & (b): As per Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) needs the consent from the respective State Government for conducting investigation in its jurisdiction. In terms of the provision of Section 6 of the DSPE Act, 1946, the State Governments granted a general consent to CBI for the investigation of specified class of offences against specified categories of persons enabling CBI to register and investigate those specified matters. The following nine (09) States have withdrawn general consent to the CBI to investigate cases:-
(1) Chhattisgarh
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Kerala
(4) Maharashtra
(5) Meghalaya
(6) Mizoram
(7) Punjab
(8) Rajasthan
(9) West Bengal
(c): The details of cases are given at Annexure-A
(d): The details of cases are given at Annexure-B
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