In Brief

The Supreme Court considered an application by the Solicitor General regarding a CBI investigation into child rape incidents. A case had been transferred from the CBI court in Lucknow to Delhi, but this prevented the Lucknow court from passing necessary remand and investigative orders. The Court held that the transfer should remain in abeyance until the investigation concludes (within 15 days, preferably 7 days), preserving the jurisdiction of the local CBI court to conduct ongoing investigative proceedings and produce accused persons before it as required.

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