Rakesh Asthana was made police chief considering riots, crimes in Delhi, SC informed
The Hindu
Ministry of Home Affairs said in an affidavit that the plea challenging the appointment as an ‘abuse of process of law and manifestly an outcome of some personal vendetta against the incumbent Police Commissioner’.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed the Supreme Court that Indian Police Service officer Rakesh Asthana was granted extension of service and appointed Delhi Police Commissioner as a “special case of public interest” taking into consideration riots, crimes and “certain untoward and extremely challenging public order problems” with “international implications” witnessed in the Capital.
“Rakesh Asthana, IPS, has been granted extension of service and has been appointed the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, initially for a period of one year beyond the date of superannuation on July 31, 2021 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, in relaxation of 16(1) of the AIS (DCRB) Rules, 1958 as a special case in public interest,” the Ministry said in an affidavit.
The government dismissed the petition filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, challenging the appointment as an “abuse of process of law and manifestly an outcome of some personal vendetta against the incumbent Police Commissioner”.
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