(a) the number of cases pending under the consideration of
CBI for investigation as on date;
(b) the number out of them pending for more than one decade;
(c) the reasons for inordinate delay;
(d) the number of cases booked by CBI under the Official
Secret Act during each of the last three years; and
(e) the time by which all the pending cases are likely to be
finalised?
MINISTER OF STATE OF DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING AND
DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND PENSIONERS WELFARE IN THE MINISTRY OF
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (SMT. VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a),(b),(c),(d)&(e):A Statement is placed on the Table of the
House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO PARTS (a),(b),(c),(d) AND
(e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 552 FOR ANSWER ON 25TH
APRIL 2001
(a):As per information made available by the Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI), 1677 cases were under investigation with
CBI as on 28th February, 2001.
(b)and(c):Of the above cases pending investigation with the
CBI, four cases are under investigation for more than one decade.
The reasons for delay in respect of these four cases as reported
by CBI are: stay granted by the High Court on investigation,
interlocutory revision petitions filed in the High Court/Supreme
Court and non-execution of Letters Rogatory issued by Courts in
India for investigation abroad.
(d):During the last three years, two cases, under the
Official Secrets Act, were registered by the CBI, one each in
1998 and in 1999.
(e):While it is not feasible to indicate a time frame by
which all the 1677 pending cases are likely to be finalised, an
Action Plan has been prepared by the CBI to achieve reduction in
cases under investigation. All efforts are being made by the CBI
to cut down delay and reduce pendency in cases under
investigation.