New Delhi, Feb 27 (UNI) The Supreme Court recently disposed of a challenge to the appointment of former Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana.
However, it left opened the legal question of whether the 2006 judgment in Prakash Singh versus Union of India applies to the appointment of Delhi Police Commissioners.
A bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, stated, "The only legal issue that survives for consideration is whether the principles enumerated by this court in Prakash Singh (I), Prakash Singh (II), and Prakash Singh (III) shall be applicable in the matter of appointment of Commissioner of Police, Delhi. While the case of the petitioner is that those principles will apply 'mutatis mutandis' to the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, the Union of India contends that the Prakash Singh decision does not apply to the deployment, posting, or appointment of officers belonging to the AGMUT cadre."