Delhi HC pulls up Addl Sessions Judge for enquiry against cops

The Delhi High court has rapped an Additional Sessions Judge of Tis Hazari court stating that he had ordered an enquiry against the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to “satisfy his own sadistic pleasure” and “seems to have forgotten that Judges are to remain humble and not guided by their ego and prejudices”.

Justice Vinod Goel said that ASJ Ramesh Kumar-II ordering an inquiry against the ACP and DCP is ‘highly arbitrary and unbecoming of a Judge who is supposed to maintain judicial proprietary at all times and is not guided by his ego or personal prejudices against someone or a particular group or class of people/officers”.

The court, while making these observations, set aside the order passed by the ASJ which directed the Commissioner of Police to take action against the ACP and DCP of north Delhi for allegedly not conducting inquiry in loss of summons sent to the Investigating Officer (IO) of Timarpur police station in a particular case.

“The DCP being not available for justifiable reason, before the Additional Sessions Judge on April 20 seems to have hurt the ASJ’s ego who was under the belief that high ranking that high ranking …read more