Supreme Court Defers Odisha DGP Selection Process Till August 18, Watch

SC directs UPSC not to finalise selection of Odisha DGP till August 18

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) not to finalise the selection of Odisha's next Director General of Police (DGP) until August 18. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant passed the direction after Senior Advocate P Chidambaram mentioned a Public Interest Litigation challenging the process of selecting the Odisha DGP. The petition alleges that the selection proces…

Supreme Court Defers Odisha DGP Selection Process Till August 18, watch

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to defer the selection process for Odisha’s next Director General of Police (DGP) till August 18. A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mahadevan, also ordered that the UPSC empanelment meeting scheduled for today be postponed. The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation challenging the state’s DG…

SC Halts Odisha DGP Selection Process Till Aug 18, Asks UPSC To Defer Meeting

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) not to finalise the selection of Odisha’s next Director General of Police until August 18, the date fixed for hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the ongoing appointment process. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant asked the UPSC to defer a meeting scheduled for the same day so that the matter could be examined. Senior Adv…