CBI Told To Submit Success Rate Data In Cases, Supreme Court To Evaluate

The query on Friday comes after an appeal was filed in the top court regarding a delay of 542 days by the premier investigation agency in a case.

Citing inordinate delay in cases being prosecuted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Supreme Court has sought data on the agency's success rate in court cases and is likely to evaluate its performance. The query on Friday comes after an appeal was filed in the top court regarding a delay of 542 days by the premier investigation agency in a case. The Supreme Court has directed the CBI director to place before it the number of cases in which the agency was successful in getting accused convicted in trial, high courts. It also sought to know the steps being taken by the central agency Director to strengthen the department for legal proceedings.