SC pulls up states over delay in naming DGPs
New Delhi, March 13 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up states for violating its judgment on appointment of director generals of police (DGP) and sought responses from six states on why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated over their failure to recommend names to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The order came a month after the top court on February 12 authorised the UPSC to point out those states which had failed to respond to its requests to send names for DGP appointment ahead of the anticipated vacancy.
Following this order, the UPSC submitted a list of six states namely Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Mizoram which have not responded to the commission's request to send na...
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