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Centre seeks annulment of Jharkhand DGP appointment
NDTV··4d ago
The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear Centre's bid to annul Tadasha Mishra's Jharkhand DGP appointment under the 2006 Prakash Singh judgment. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said she was named a day before retirement, breaching two-year residual service norms. CJI Surya Kant's bench listed the case Thursday. The Home Ministry asked Jharkhand to cancel the post.
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What It Means For You
- Jharkhand may need a new DGP pick if the court annuls Mishra's December 30 appointment.
- Centre argued regulations violate Supreme Court directives on residual service length.
- The bench headed by CJI Surya Kant listed the Centre application for Thursday.
What's Happening
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said Mishra was appointed a day before retirement.
- Centre challenged Jharkhand's 2025 DGP selection regulations as violating prior orders.
- A petition on the regulations moved from Jharkhand High Court to the Supreme Court.
What Prakash Singh requires
- The 2006 Prakash Singh judgment set procedures for state police chief appointments.
- The court has said empanelled officers should have two years of service left where practicable.
- The Home Ministry wrote to Jharkhand to cancel the appointment and appoint anew.
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