The CJI said he would be part of the selection committee meeting to choose the new CBI director
The development comes days after Alok Verma was shunted out of the post of CBI director
The Delhi High Court on Friday had dismissed a plea filed by Asthana, seeking quashing of an FIR against him in a bribery case
A controversy broke out on Sunday over Justice Sikri getting a government offer last year for a post-retirement assignment at the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal
The incumbent, who works under the supervision and control of the CBI Director, renders legal opinion in all the cases probed by the agency
The Congress alleged that CVC K V Chowdary is being made to "act like a puppet" to avoid any probe into the Rafale case
Verma resigned a day after he was transferred from the position of CBI chief to Director General, Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards. dfhdf
Justice A K Patnaik has been quoted as saying none of CVC's findings are his and that the PM-led panel which removed Verma as CBI chief made a hasty decision
Verma said in his resignation letter, accessed by PTI, that it was a moment of "collective introspection"
Verma, a 1979-batch IPS officer from AGMUT cadre, was transferred from the position of CBI director to Director General, Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards under the Home Ministry Thursday
CBI booked Asthana on the allegations of receiving a bribe from an accused probed by him in a case linked to meat exporter Moin Qureshi
Verma's remarks came after he was unceremoniously removed from the post on Thursday evening after a 2-1 decision by the high-level Selection Committee
Asthana was booked on charges of criminal conspiracy, corruption and criminal misconduct under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act
Verma, after being reinstated by the Supreme Court on January 8, had undone all the transfers done by Rao
Given charge of DG, fire services and civil defence
Verma, who assumed charge on Wednesday after 77 days, reversed the transfer orders by M Nageswara Rao, the interim bureau chief
Alok Verma was on Thursday removed as CBI Director after a three-member committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi went through the Central Vigilance Commission's probe against him.
A selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met to decide the fate of CBI Director Alok Verma, reinstated by a Supreme Court order
This is the second time Kharge has objected to Verma's removal
After DIG M K Sinha sought to recuse himself, the CBI chief asked Deputy Inspector General Tarun Gauba to continue supervising the investigations of the unit probing Asthana