CJI Ranjan Gogoi Drops Out Of Selection Panel Meeting On CBI Chief Alok Verma

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has dropped out of the selection panel that has to decide regarding the future of Alok Verma within one week. Gogoi dropped out because he was in the Supreme Court bench that reinstated him as CBI chief on Tuesday.

After dropping out of the seelction panel, the Chief Justice has nominated Justice AK Sikri for the meeting which is being headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Notably, PM Modi, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Justice Sikri are also expected to take part in the meeting to decide the next CBI chief to succeed Alok Verma, who retires on January 31.

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