The Bombay High Court rejected a petition filed by a former Maharashtra police official who sought to quash the order appointing IPS officer Subodh Jaiswal as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Rajendra Trivedi, filed a plea requested the court to restrain Jaiswal from carrying out his duties as the CBI director until the case was disposed of.

Yesterday, during the course of the hearing, Additional Solicitor General of Maharashtra, Devang Vyas, told the court that "Subodh Jaiswal’s term as the Director of CBI has come to an end on May 25, 2023, which has rendered the petition pointless."

Advocates Satish Talekar and Madhavi Ayappan, representing Rajendra Trivedi, stated their client would withdraw the petition in the given case.

The bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor stated that if such an appointment were made, it would constitute a fresh cause of action.

''The present petition solely concerned Jaiswal's appointment as the CBI chief, so there was no need for the liberty to file a new petition'', the court said.

Throughout the course of various court hearings, Jaiswal faced criticism for the way the investigation was carried out. Ultimately, on March 15, 2004, the case was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The petition contended that the CBI director should be the most senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer with a background in investigating anti-corruption cases and possessing an unblemished reputation.

Trivedi said that Jaiswal lacked experience of investigating anti-corruption cases as he was never attached to the anti-corruption unit of the force.

In response, Jaiswal denied these allegations and accused Trivedi of filing the petition due to a "personal grudge" and out of "sheer vendetta and vengeance" against him. He emphasized that his appointment as CBI chief was solely based on merit.