Five days after the Govt of Tamil Nadu appointed a retired Judge as the head of the fourth police commission, the Madras high court has directed the state to clarify whether the appointment was in conformity with rules.
The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice P D Audikesavalu issued the direction on Monday, pointing out that only the state home secretary should head the commission as per the rules.
The Court then directed the state to clarify as to whether the rules had been amended to appoint a retired Judge of the Court as the head of the commission.
To this, advocate-general R Shanmugasundaram submitted that the appointment had been made as per the directions of a division bench of the court. Recording the same, the court directed the AG to produce a copy of the judgment by Jan 31.
The issue pertains to a batch of pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Tamil Nadu Police (Reforms) Act, 2013.
The petitioners also wanted the court to direct the State Govt to constitute an independent police complaints committee as directed by the Supreme Court to go into complaints of police brutality & torture.
According to the petitioners, the Supreme Court has made it clear that the committee shall comprise independent panel members nominated by the Chief Justice of the HC.
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