Supreme Court won’t put a tab on IB and RAW

[cerberus]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking to make intelligence agencies — IB, RAW and NTRO — accountable to Parliament, saying trying to get into the domain of intelligence may create a dent in national security.

“We are not inclined to entertain this petition... Trying to get into the domain of intelligence may create dent in national security,” a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh said while rejecting the PIL filed by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL).

“We do not think the court should entertain such kinds of petition which deal with security of the country,” the bench said.


The apex court had in 2013 issued notice to the Centre asking to respond on the PIL seeking to bring the agencies under the oversight of Parliament and CAG.

The NGO’s petition had sought directions from the court for parliamentary oversight and financial auditing of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) by CAG like in western countries.

Supreme Court won’t put a tab on IB and RAW

Greater scrutiny of RAW & IB will risk own existence: Supreme Court - The Economic Times

 

[nik141993]

NGOs

 

[Ankit Kumar]

Who are these CPILwalas, I wish their fathers would have had used condoms that night, we would have been rid of these piglets.

 

[Archie]

Who are these CPILwalas, I wish their fathers would have had used condoms that night, we would have been rid of these piglets.

It's all in their name

Center for Public Interest Litigation.
Looks like a front for Jobless lawyers from some D grade college in Bihar , to pass the time

 

[Ankit Kumar]

It's all in their name

Center for Public Interest Litigation.
Looks like a front for Jobless lawyers from some D grade college in Bihar , to pass the time

The CPIL was founded in the late 1980s by V.M. Tarkunde, who was also the founder of the People's Union for Civil Liberties.[3] V.M. Tarkunde was the first president. Other founder members were senior advocates including Fali Sam Nariman, SHANTI BHUSHAN, Anil Divan, Rajinder Sachar and Colin Gonsalves.

Sometimes Wikipedia is too good.

 

[Levina]

PIL filed by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL).

Lol
I hope the next thing IB does is, to monitor each of CPIL's members.

 

[surya kiran]

Well they are entitled to have the opinion, that, intelligence agencies need parliamentary over-sight. And, they went about doing it the right way. At-least, they did not do any nautanki about it.

Whether, the solution they provide is possible or not was a matter for the court to answer. Which it did. No need to bash the lawyers. They are not on the street doing dramabaazi, because the SC did not consider their point of view to be practical.

 

[illuminatidinesh]

Lol
I hope the next thing IB does is, to monitor each of CPIL's members.

Lol Complete waste of time.

 

[desimorty]

As long as IB and RAW remain separate, then the Supreme court as nothing to worry about. If they start acting like ISI which is like both IB and RAW. THan you have a problem and recipe for disaster.