The SC stayed the Gauhati HC’s order that the CBI is unconstitutional, three days after the 6 November order, in an urgent hearing at the Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam’s residence on Saturday, reported Firstpost.

Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati had filed a special leave petition on behalf of the Department of Personel and Training, appealing the HC’s verdict. The HC’s verdict would impact 9,000 trials and 1,000 investigation currently ongoing at the CBI, he stated on behalf of the centre.

Experts told the Economic Times that with its legal status in doubt, the CBI would have to fend off challenges in every single case it investigates or prosecutes.