HC rejects former informer Ali’s plea to investigate erring officials
Earlier this week, the Delhi High Court dismissed former police informer Irshad Ali’s petition seeking initiation of departmental proceedings against the erring officers of Delhi Police’s Special Cell.
The court’s decision came in response to a reply filed by the Delhi Police, which submitted that it was going to appeal against Ali’s acquittal in a higher court. In the light of this development, Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan, representing the Delhi Police, also informed Justice Ashutosh Kumar it would thus be rather premature for Ali “to ask for initiation of departmental action against the police officials who had participated in the investigation.”
Ali, who spent four years in jail and 11 years fighting terrorism charges, had filed a petition in January with the Delhi High Court, seeking a criminal investigation. The bench, then chaired by Justice AK Pathak, had thus issued notice to the Delhi Police and sought a reply from them by May.
Advocate M Sufian Siddiqui, representing Ali, argued that the plea seeking a departmental inquiry was in compliance with a 2014 apex court judgement, delivered by a bench comprising of now Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar and Justice CK Prasad (now retired). The judgment “unequivocally” held and directed that …read more
