The state government filed a reply in the HC on the issue of 26,000 vacancies in the police department
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The plea has been filed by activist lawyer Surendra Gadling and Social worker- poet Sudhir Dhawale and came up for hearing today before Bombay High Court. The court issued notices and directed the Respondent parties to file their replies before 14th July 2020. The petition challenges the intentions behind the sudden and belated transfer of investigation to NIA. While calling it a misuse of power, the petition also enlists various reasons to support its contention of malafide intentions, political vendetta, and extraneous consideration.
In the hearing that took place today through video conferencing, the NIA was represented by Senior Counsel and Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh. They insisted that formal notices should not be issued and the department will file its reply in four weeks time. They argued that thereafter court may consider if the petition is worthy of any consideration. Refusing this request, the court has issued notices to NIA, Union of India, the Chief Investigating officer along with the State Government and other concerned officers under it. However, it chose not to issue notices to the private respondents and made it clear that same will be taken in consideration if occasion so arises.
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the Supreme Court in 2016, the state government said that against the strength of a total police force of 1.06 lakh in the state, 30 posts were vacant as on January 31, 2018. Then on March 11, 2015, the Supreme Court directed the High Court to take suo moto action and directed the state to clarify the current situation of the police department.
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