<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court has dismissed a curative petition filed against the last year's judgement that found no illegality in appointment of Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as special director of the CBI on October 22, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Madan B Lokur, A K Sikri and Abhay Manohar Sapre said no case was made out within the parameters to consider the petition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court's order was passed on December 11 on a petition filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan on behalf of NGO Common Cause.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had earlier dismissed a review petition against the judgement. The review as well as the curative petitions are considered by the judges inside their chambers through circulation of papers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had in November, last year dismissed the PIL which contended that Asthana, a 1984-batch officer, had allegdly been named in a secret diary recovered from the Income Tax raid in a Surat-based firm for having regularly received bribes. His son was alleged to have worked with M/s Sterling Biotech, the firm under the investigation of the CBI. It was also alleged his daughter's marriage cocktail party was organised at a farmhouse of M/s Sandesaran Group of Companies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Notably, CBI director Alok Verma and Asthana were found to be involved in a bitter feud, forcing the government to divest both the officers of their power. An FIR was lodged by the CBI against Asthana on October 15 in an alleged bribery case.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court has dismissed a curative petition filed against the last year's judgement that found no illegality in appointment of Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as special director of the CBI on October 22, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Madan B Lokur, A K Sikri and Abhay Manohar Sapre said no case was made out within the parameters to consider the petition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court's order was passed on December 11 on a petition filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan on behalf of NGO Common Cause.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had earlier dismissed a review petition against the judgement. The review as well as the curative petitions are considered by the judges inside their chambers through circulation of papers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had in November, last year dismissed the PIL which contended that Asthana, a 1984-batch officer, had allegdly been named in a secret diary recovered from the Income Tax raid in a Surat-based firm for having regularly received bribes. His son was alleged to have worked with M/s Sterling Biotech, the firm under the investigation of the CBI. It was also alleged his daughter's marriage cocktail party was organised at a farmhouse of M/s Sandesaran Group of Companies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Notably, CBI director Alok Verma and Asthana were found to be involved in a bitter feud, forcing the government to divest both the officers of their power. An FIR was lodged by the CBI against Asthana on October 15 in an alleged bribery case.</p>