An order for a CBI investigation should not be passed in a“routine manner” but should be a “measure of last resort”, the Supreme Court said Thursday as it set aside an Allahabad High Court order directing a probe by the agency into allegations of manipulation and favouritism in recruitments to administrative positions in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat during 2020-21.

The Indian Express had reported on November 24, 2024 , that following the recruitment exam, one-fifth of the positions were filled by candidates who were relatives of senior state officials. The HC, while calling it a “shocking…scam,” had ordered a CBI enquiry into the matter on September 18, 2023.

Setting this aside, a Bench of Justice J K Maheswari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi said, “It is well settl

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