In what appears to be an endorsement of Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) position as a constitutional body, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) at a recent meeting agreed to seat CAG Vinod Rai outside the witness box. After some deliberation, the JPC unanimously decided to provide Rai a seat next to the chairman to put across his views on December 19, 2011, a day after the CAG was asked to take oath as a witness and subjected to rigorous questioning from some members including Congress's Manish Tewari.