Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Subodh Jaiswal has urged the Bombay High Court to dismiss a former police officer's petition challenging his appointment as the head of the central agency, citing that the plea was filed out of a "personal grudge". In an affidavit filed before the high court earlier this month, Jaiswal has claimed that the plea filed by Rajendra Trivedi, a former assistant commissioner (ACP) of the Maharashtra police, was malafide and a result of a "personal grudge".

"No case has been made out by the petitioner to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of the high court," Jaiswal's affidavit read.