CBI Raising Day

• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is hosting the 20th D. P. Kohli Memorial Lecture to commemorate the Raising Day of the Investigation Agency.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Chief Justice of India, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, will deliver the lecture on the theme of “Adopting Technology to Advance Criminal Justice” at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
• This annual event is held in honor of the late Dharamnath Prasad Kohli, the founder Director of CBI, who served the Police Service from 1931
• Kohli headed the Delhi Special Police Establishment DSPE in 1955 to curb corruption in public services. He continued as the Director of CBI from its inception in 1963 until 1968.

ABOUT CBI

• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was created by the Government of India in 1963. Its primary function is to investigate cases of bribery and corruption as well as violations of central fiscal laws and serious crimes.
• The agency also collects intelligence to support its investigations. Over the last sixty years, the CBI has become the country’s premier investigating and prosecuting agency. In addition to its domestic role, the CBI serves as the National Central Bureau for INTERPOL in India.
• This means it coordinates international cooperation in law enforcement. The CBI’s power to investigate comes from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.
• The Act gives the CBI jurisdiction to investigate offenses in the Union Territories only.
• The CBI is not a statutory body, but it derives its power to investigate from the DSPE Act.
• The beginning of the establishment was initiated by the Santhanam Committee from 1962-1964.