Supreme Court summons Home Secretaries of 6 states over vacancy in police force

Supreme Court summons Home Secretaries of 6 states over vacancy in police force

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court took strong note today of huge vacancy in police force in six states,including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, and asked their Home Secretaries to either personally appear or depute an officer to assist it.

A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar referred to the vacancy in the states :Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, and summonsed the home secretaries or officers not below the rank of the joint secretary authorised by them for assisting it on Friday.