CDI Anti-corruption boost in India

The Supreme Court in India has freed the country's top investigative agency from government control when it probes high-level corruption cases.

The Chief Justice said the agency, the C-B-I Central Bureau of Investigation, could now start proceedings against senior bureaucrats on its own, overturning a law which required them to obtain official permission first.

The Supreme Court also ruled that the agency's director would have the right to stay in office for a minimum of two years -- a move aimed at ensuring that the holder of the top job does not come under government pressure.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service