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New Delhi: In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday passed a slew of directions on police reforms in the country and ordered all states and Union territories not to appoint any police officer as acting Director General of Police (DGP).
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also directed all the states to send names of senior police officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for being considered as probable candidates to be appointed as DGPs or Police Commissioners as the case may be.
The UPSC, in turn, will prepare a list of three most suitable officers and the states will be free to appoint one of them as police chief, the bench, also comprising A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said.
The States would now have to approach the UPSC at least 3 months before the retirement of sitting DGP.
The directions came on a plea of the Centre seeking modification of the judgment rendered in the Prakash Singh case on police reforms.
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