India, July 21 -- The Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu director general of police (DGP) to issue a circular requiring police personnel appearing before courts to wear proper uniforms and maintain "absolute integrity, discipline and devotion to duty", after a police officer allegedly appeared intoxicated while deposing as a prosecution witness.

In its July 14 judgment, a division bench of justices SM Subramaniam and N Senthilkumar also directed that if any police personnel, medical officer or other government official appears before a court in a disorderly manner, the presiding judicial officer must report the conduct to the competent authority so that disciplinary proceedings can be initiated.

"Such indifferent attitude of ...