‘Pick your battles’: Chief Justice says premier probe agencies ‘spread too thin’

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Monday said the premier investigative agencies should “pick their battles” as they have been “spread too thin”.

He also said they should focus more on cases, which threaten the national security and economic health of the country, and public order.

“I think we have spread out our premier investigative agencies too thin. They must only focus on those crimes that concern national security, and crimes of economic offences against the nation,” DY Chandrachud said.

The CJI made the comments during his keynote address at the 20th DP Kohli Memorial lecture in memory of the first director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The CJI made the comments during his keynote address at the 20th DP Kohli Memorial lecture in memory of the first director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).