Centre brings ordinance to extend tenure of CBI & ED Directors to 5 years from present 2 years

Centre brings ordinance to extend tenure of CBI & ED Directors to 5 years from present 2 years

• On November 14, 2021, the central government of India promulgated two ordinances for extending the tenure of Directors of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for up to five years.
• Currently the chiefs of both central agencies have a tenure of two years.
• The two new ordinances brought are “The Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021” and “The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021”.
• As per the new ordinance the Directors of CBI or ED can now be appointed first for a period of two years, and later if needed, the tenure can be extended for three more years. But it will require three separate annual extensions.
• However, after five years no extension can be granted to an ED or CBI chief.