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Police officers’ case posted for hearing on July 14

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday posted for hearing on July 14 a special leave petition filed by two senior police officers against an interim order of the Madras High Court suggesting their suspension in connection with the lathi charge on lawyers on February 19.

A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan, Justice P.Sathasivam and Justice Deepak Verma adjourned the hearing after taking on record the rejoinder filed by the two officers to the reply filed by the Tamil Nadu government to the SLP.

In the SLP, A.K.Viswanathan, Additional Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Chennai, and M.Ramasubramani, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Coimbatore Range, sought quashing of the March 18 order and interim stay of its operation.

The State had replied that it could not take any action against them in connection with the February 19 incidents without substantial material.

When the matter was taken up on Friday, senior counsel P.H.Parekh, M.N.Krishnamani and P.S.Patwalia, appearing for various associations submitted that the State government was still not taking any action against the two officers. “We want to know whether the government will implement the order only if we file a contempt petition,” Mr.Krishnamani said.

Solicitor General G.E.Vahanvati, appearing for the State government, said: “It is our contention that there is no order to suspend the police officers and it was only an opinion. And where is the question of contempt?”

S.Prabhakaran, president, Tamil Nadu Advocates Association, joined senior counsel and said that since the government failed to implement the order, “we will move the court for contempt.” The CJI said, “If you want, you file contempt.”

Senior counsel Vikas Singh, appearing for the police officers, submitted that the High Court order was not stayed only on condition that no contempt petition would be filed. If contempt petition was to be filed, then “we will press for stay [of the March 18 High Court order]”. The Bench then adjourned the hearing to July 14.

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