The Supreme Court has restrained Archana Ramasundaram, a senior Tamil Nadu cop, from starting work as Additional Director of the CBI. The apex court order came a day after Archana became the first woman additional director in CBI. Supreme Court today heard a PIL challenging her deputation to the central agency.

Ms Ramasundaram was suspended by the Tamil Nadu government yesterday, hours after the 1980 batch IPS officer took charge of her CBI assignment. The Tamil Nadu Police reportedly suspended her because she had allegedly not taken the state government's consent before taking up her new assignment. Though the Centre had issued orders three months back, she was not relieved despite reminders to the state Government. Archana Ramasundaram was the Chairperson of the Tamilnadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board.