"Personal Grudge": CBI Chief Urges Court To Dismiss Plea Challenging His Appointment

CBI chief Subodh Jaiswal said the plea is filed out of "personal grudge" and he was appointment as the director of CBI is only on "merit".

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Subodh Jaiswal has urged the Bombay High Court to dismiss a former police officer's petition challenging his appointment as the head of the central agency, citing that the plea was filed out of a "personal grudge".

In an affidavit filed before the high court earlier this month, Mr Jaiswal has claimed that the plea filed by Rajendra Trivedi, a former assistant commissioner (ACP) of the Maharashtra police, was malafide and a result of a "personal grudge".

"No case has been made out by the petitioner to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of the high court," Mr Jaiswal's affidavit read.

"The petitioner has filed the present petition with a personal grudge against the answering respondent and only out of sheer vendetta and vengeance," it said.