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Supreme Court:<\/span> In an interlocutory application filed by State of Manipur seeking appropriate directions regarding the appointment of the Director General of Police (DGP) from outside Manipur cadre amid “unprecedented ethnic and civil unrest” prevailing in the State, the three-Judge Bench of Surya Kant, CJI., Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, JJ., found merit in the application and allowed the same.<\/p>\n

The State informed the Court that Mr Rajiv Singh, IPS, belonging to the Tripura Cadre, had been appointed as the DGP in Manipur on 2 June 2023. His tenure was due to conclude on 31 May 2026. In view of the peculiar and extraordinary situation prevailing in the State, the State Government sought permission from the Court to appoint a DGP from outside the Manipur cadre.<\/p>\n

Finding merit in the prayer, the Court permitted the State of Manipur to appoint the DGP from outside Manipur Cadre.<\/p>\n

[Prakash Singh<\/span> v. Union of India<\/span>, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 310 of 1996, decided on 27-5-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n

Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR, Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv. and Ms. Cheryl D’Souza, Adv., Counsel for the Petitioners<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India; Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Ms. V. Mohna, Sr. Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR M\/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, AOR Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal, AOR Mr. Devendra Singh Mehra, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR Mr. T. V. George, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR M\/S. S. Narain & Co., AOR Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR Mr. P. Parmeswaran, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Gunnam Venkateswara Rao, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Mohanprasad Meharia, AOR Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Shreeyash Uday Lalit, Adv. Mr. Keshav Singh, Adv. Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Ms. Rebecca Mishra, Adv. Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Aditi Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Satyalipsu Ray, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhagwati, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, A.A.G. Mr. Rohit Bansal, AOR Mr. Kartikeya Rastogi, Adv. Ms. Inderdeep Kaur Raina, Adv. Ms. Tamanna Kavdia, Adv. Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Santhosh K, Adv. Mrs. Devika A.l., Adv. Mr. Praveen Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Mayank Sapra, Adv. Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Mrs. Riya Dhingra, Adv. Ms. Mithu Jain, AOR Mr. Vivek Jain, A.A.G. Mr. Karan Sharma, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Shivansh B. Pandya, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Nalin Talwar, Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. A.A.G. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. M\/S. Plr Chambers And Co., AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Yatharth Kansal, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Bishwajit Dubey, A.A.G. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Standing Counsel, Adv. Mr. Ravinder Kumar Yadav, AOR Mr. Yashvardhan Shah, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR Mr. B. Karunakaran, AOR Ms. K Balambihai, Adv. Ms. Pooja Lakshmi, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Simranjeet Singh Rekhi, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Vikas Negi, Adv. Ms. Vidyottma Jha, Adv. Mr. Jagdeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Brijesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Intervenor-in-person, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Hrishikesh Baruah, AOR Ms. Pragya Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Kumar Kshitij, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aljo K. Joseph, AOR Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Vats, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah, AOR Mr. Karan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aman Panwar, AAG Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Manav Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. B.K. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Bijender Chaudhury, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh Dingra, Adv., Counsel for the Respondent<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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