The matter arises out of a departmental action initiated against Verma in 2016 for giving an interview to a TV channel. He was Chief Vigilance Officer of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation in Shillong at the time.
It is Verma’s case that he was only clarifying the accusations made against him by the CBI while probing the Ishrat Jahan case.
However, the Government argued that Verma’s statements in the interview had the effect of an adverse criticism of encounter and were capable of affecting the relationship of India with the neighbouring country.
He was charged with providing information into investigation in the Ishrat Jahan case and the information about interrogation of a senior officer in connection with the case.
It was further alleged that Verma gave out personal details of officials dealing with the case at the Ministry of Home Affairs and State levels and “in-house procedures in dealing with sensitive case wherein foreign terrorists were involved which has the ramification to personal safety and issues relating to national security.”
Source: Barandbench
