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- The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police Commissioner and other officers to file an affidavit responding to a contempt petition.
- The petitioner alleges that the police failed to comply with a February 2025 court order requiring a departmental inquiry into an inspector's conduct.
- The inspector had allegedly kept a 2016 FIR investigation open for nine years without filing a chargesheet until recently, causing significant delay and humiliation.
What to watch next
- Hearing on the contempt petition scheduled for February
- Submission of the affidavit by the Delhi Police respondents within four weeks
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Ujwal Ghai
lawyer
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“It is submitted that the Respondents have taken the directions of this Hon'ble Court for granted as the same has not been complied with since February 2025... .”
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…during the pendency of the quashing petition, a chargesheet was filed, but the trial court refused to take cognisance and instead requested the DCP concerned to initiate action against the inspector as per the law. " It is submitted that the Respondents have taken the directions of this Hon'ble Court for granted as the same has not been complied with since February 2025... . " Further, a compliance report has not been filed on as many as five dates and they "even concealed about the non-compliance of the order passed by the Hon'ble High Court on last date of hearing i.e. 10.08.2026 when the…
Mini Pushkarna
Justice
1 quote · 1 outlet
“Let affidavit be filed by the respondents, within a period of four weeks,”
In the article
…Code. On September 9, Justice Mini Pushkarna issued notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner, the ACP concerned and the inspector on the contempt petition by the person against whom the FIR was registered in 2016. " Let affidavit be filed by the respondents, within a period of four weeks, " the court said in the order, as it listed the matter for hearing in February. Represented by lawyer Ujwal Ghai, the petitioner submitted that the FIR against him was "frivolous", but the inspector did not conclude the…
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