The Supreme Court of India has declared that the consent of the concerned State Government is mandatory for a CBI inquiry under its jurisdiction as it conforms to the principle of federalism. The Supreme Court also said that the Central Government will not be allowed to expand the jurisdiction of the agency (CBI) in that state without the consent of any state. The decision taken by the Supreme Court has come in the context of eight non-BJP states – Kerala, Jharkhand, Bengal, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Punjab, who have given their general powers to the CBI to investigate new