Supreme Court allows NGO to file appeal against HC order upholding Asthana’s appointment as Delhi Police Commissioner
The Hindu
The Bench said there are precedents where, with court’s permission, a party who is aggrieved with High Court order can file an appeal.
The Supreme Court on November 18 allowed an NGO to file an appeal against the Delhi High Court order which upheld the Centre’s decision to appoint senior IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as Delhi Police Commissioner four days before his superannuation on July 31.
A Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna said that it will take up for hearing the writ petition filed by the NGO and the appeal to be filed by it on November 26.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, ‘Centre for Public Interest Litigation’ (CPIL), said that the court had on August 25 kept its plea against Asthana’s appointment pending and asked the Delhi High Court to decide expeditiously a similar plea pending there.