https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440198 Amendments permitting one-year extensions, subject to a five-year ceiling, for the Directors of Enforcement and CBI were upheld because they did not exceed legislative competence or violate constitutional limits, and the appointment and extension framework remained safeguarded by high-level committee recommendation, public interest, recorded reasons, and the existing minimum tenure. The specific extension orders for the Director of Enforcement were invalidated because an earlier binding mandamus had prohibited further extension between the parties, and a later statutory change could not retrospectively displace that inter partes direction. A limited transition period in office was nonetheless allowed. en-us Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440198 Amendments permitting one-year extensions, subject to a five-year ceiling, for the Directors of Enforcement and CBI were upheld because they did not exceed legislative competence or violate constitutional limits, and the appointment and extension framework remained safeguarded by high-level committee recommendation, public interest, recorded reasons, and the existing minimum tenure. The specific extension orders for the Director of Enforcement were invalidated because an earlier binding mandamus had prohibited further extension between the parties, and a later statutory change could not retrospectively displace that inter partes direction. A limited transition period in office was nonetheless allowed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=440198