The Supreme Court has taken cognizance of the delay in the appointment of the new police chief in Jharkhand. In this case, the top court has ordered the state government to reply to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to remove the loopholes in the proposal to recommend the names of officers for the post of DGP.
In fact, the current Director General of Police (DGP) of the state Neeraj Sinha is a 1987 batch IPS officer. He is due to retire on February 11, 2023. In such a situation, the dispute over the appointment of the new DGP continues. Hearing the case regarding the appointment of the new police chief, a division bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said on Friday that advocate Naresh Kaushik, appearing for the UPSC, has told that on November 30, 2022, the UPSC has decided issued a letter to It pointed out some of the shortcomings found in the proposal to recommend officers for the post of DGP.
The bench then said that we direct the State of Jharkhand to take note of the errors pointed out by the UPSC and file its reply in the affirmative on or before December 23. After this, UPSC will take action related to appointment to the post by January 9, 2023.
With this, the Supreme Court listed the contempt petition against the Jharkhand government and others for hearing on January 16 next year. Significantly, a contempt petition has been filed in the apex court against the Jharkhand government and its current DGP Neeraj Sinha, alleging that he is holding the post even after his retirement on January 31, 2022.
6,844 cases disposed of in apex court since Chandrachud became CJI
The Supreme Court has so far disposed of 6,844 cases after Chief Justice DY Chandrachud took over. According to sources, these include 2,511 cases of bail and transfer petitions.
A total of 5,898 cases were filed from November 9, 2022, to December 16, 2022, when Justice Chandrachud assumed office. In November, the CJI had decided that all 13 benches would hear 10 transfer petitions and an equal number of bail pleas per day.
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The Supreme Court has taken cognizance of the delay in the appointment of the new police chief in Jharkhand. In this case, the top court has ordered the state government to reply to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to remove the loopholes in the proposal to recommend the names of officers for the post of DGP.
In fact, the current Director General of Police (DGP) of the state Neeraj Sinha is a 1987 batch IPS officer. He is due to retire on February 11, 2023. In such a situation, the dispute over the appointment of the new DGP continues. Hearing the case regarding the appointment of the new police chief, a division bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said on Friday that advocate Naresh Kaushik, appearing for the UPSC, has told that on November 30, 2022, the UPSC has decided issued a letter to It pointed out some of the shortcomings found in the proposal to recommend officers for the post of DGP.
The bench then said that we direct the State of Jharkhand to take note of the errors pointed out by the UPSC and file its reply in the affirmative on or before December 23. After this, UPSC will take action related to appointment to the post by January 9, 2023.
With this, the Supreme Court listed the contempt petition against the Jharkhand government and others for hearing on January 16 next year. Significantly, a contempt petition has been filed in the apex court against the Jharkhand government and its current DGP Neeraj Sinha, alleging that he is holding the post even after his retirement on January 31, 2022.
