India, Sept. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Centre over its alleged inability to resolve the tussle between IPS and in-house officers of paramilitary forces over deputation and seniority in service.

Earlier, the top court had issued a notice to the Centre on a plea by the officers of paramilitary forces challenging the constitutional validity of the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026, on the ground that it "violates the doctrine of separation of powers".

On Wednesday, a bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and AS Chandurkar, while questioning the Centre over the deputation of IPS officers in the CAPF, asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati whether there were no competent officers for...