In its judgment in a PIL filed for bringing in police reforms, the Supreme Court today held that only officers with a minimum residual tenure of six months can be empanelled for appointment to the post of Director General of Police (DGP)..The judgment delivered by a Bench Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna states that the post of DGP has a fixed tenure of two years, regardless of superannuation..Thus, the Court held that the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) shall consider only those officers for appointment to the post of DGP who have a minimum tenure of six months left until retirement..The direction came in a writ petition filed in 1996, titled Prakash Singh & Ors v. Union of India. The Court had reserved its judgment in the matter on February 28 this year..In a previous hearing last year, the Court had passed a slew of directions, including one that states cannot appoint Acting DGPs. It also ordered that states have to approach the UPSC mandatorily, three months before the retirement of the incumbent DGP for selection of a new one..Story to be updated..Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, Click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.
In its judgment in a PIL filed for bringing in police reforms, the Supreme Court today held that only officers with a minimum residual tenure of six months can be empanelled for appointment to the post of Director General of Police (DGP)..The judgment delivered by a Bench Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna states that the post of DGP has a fixed tenure of two years, regardless of superannuation..Thus, the Court held that the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) shall consider only those officers for appointment to the post of DGP who have a minimum tenure of six months left until retirement..The direction came in a writ petition filed in 1996, titled Prakash Singh & Ors v. Union of India. The Court had reserved its judgment in the matter on February 28 this year..In a previous hearing last year, the Court had passed a slew of directions, including one that states cannot appoint Acting DGPs. It also ordered that states have to approach the UPSC mandatorily, three months before the retirement of the incumbent DGP for selection of a new one..Story to be updated..Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, Click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.