IPS officer Rajesh Kumar, set to retire on 31 Jan, was eligible to be West Bengal DGP when the post fell vacant in 2023. He moved the Central Administrative Tribunal in Dec 2024.
Staying any further actions against Wankhede, the tribunal noted that the central tax board and the revenue department acted in gross disregard of the law in issuing a charge memorandum against him.
The CAT had quashed Joshi’s appointment on appeal filed by DRDO ‘Distinguished Scientist’ Sivasubramanyam Nambi Naidu, who was among 3 candidates considered for post.
Suffering from multiple congenital disorders, Sandarbh Gupta has submitted a plea in Uttarakhand High Court that his father, in Lucknow since 2020, be posted near Dehradun.
Punjab & Haryana HC criticised Army, Centre for denying regularisation to petitioners, who had been serving at Military Farms for over 30 yrs, on ‘premise of false facts’.
IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash had challenged Karnataka govt’s order suspending him in connection with stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 4 June.
Last yr, Modi govt reversed the 2020 reform. Officers approached Central Administrative Tribunal in March, with the govt now admitting for the first time that its reform was a misstep.
Sources say petitioners argue that U-turn amounts to retrospective imposition on IRMS officers, whose career prospects would be adversely, irreversibly affected if decision not revised.
Questions have arisen over how a junior officer, denied permanent appointment despite nearly 9 years in service and ongoing litigation, became involved in highly sensitive case.
HC directed Centre to provide all records on empanelment of IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi, who claimed that despite having requisite qualifications, he was denied promotion to joint secy post.
The few anti-Army civilians in Pakistan, who once saw red with the institution over its treatment of Imran Khan, have now reached a consensus — Asim Munir has made Pakistan a global player.
In FY 2025-26, AoN for 55 proposals amounting to Rs 6.73 lakh cr has been accorded by DAC. Both the quantum of AoN given and capital contracts signed, so far, have been the highest in any FY.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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