The Supreme Court on
Thursday said the rules for appointment of Jharkhand director general of police
are in the teeth of its earlier decision and sought the response of senior IPS
officer Tadasha Mishra, who was appointed as police chief in the state.
Senior advocate Kapil
Sibal, who was appearing for Jharkhand, told a bench of Chief Justice Surya
Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana that the state will revisit the
rules.
The bench said it is
giving an opportunity to Mishra to file her response, as she will be affected
if the rules are set aside.
The Centre moved the top
court specifically challenging the "Selection and Appointment of Director
General and Inspector General of Police, Jharkhand (Head of the Police Force)
Regulation, 2025", notified by the state government on January 8, 2025.
Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that the Union government has repeatedly
told the Jharkhand government that its rules were in the teeth of the Supreme
Court's Prakash Singh judgement and cannot be sustained.
He said that if any
other state has brought such rules, irrespective of the party in power, then it
must go.