Shankar Bidari Appointement

In a relief to the former Karnataka Police Chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the state high court order holding illegal his appointment to the top post.A Supreme Court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice CK Prasad, while staying the May 28, 2012 order of the High Court left it to the state government to appo...

The Supreme Court has stayed the Karnataka High Court order which had quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as Director General of the state police, dubbing him as "worse than Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi." A bench of justices Aftab Alam and C K Prasad today asked Karnataka High Court to examine afresh the matter and dispose it of before M...

The Supreme Court will examine whether the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Karnataka government violated its earlier order that once Director Generals of Police (DGs) in states and union territories are appointed, they cannot be transferred within two years. The court has also issued notices to the state government and acting state D...

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought explanation from the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) and Karnataka government as to how controversial Indian Police Services (IPS) officer Shankar Mahadev Bidari was appointed the state Director General of Police (DGP) even before the previous incumbent Achyuth Rao completed his two year term.

The Karnataka government on Saturday appointed Abdul Rehman Infant as the state's new police chief, shunting out incumbent Shankar Bidari to the Karnataka State Police Housing Board. The shuffle of the top police brass came a day after a division bench of the Karnataka High Court Friday upheld the March 16 order of the Central Administrative Tribu...

The Karnataka High Court has struck down appointment of Shankar Bidari as the state's Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP).

In a relief to the former Karnataka Police Chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the state high court order holding illegal his appointment to the top post.A Supreme Court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice CK Prasad, while staying the May 28, 2012 order of the High Court left it to the state government to appo...

The Supreme Court has stayed the Karnataka High Court order which had quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as Director General of the state police, dubbing him as "worse than Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi." A bench of justices Aftab Alam and C K Prasad today asked Karnataka High Court to examine afresh the matter and dispose it of before M...

The Supreme Court will examine whether the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Karnataka government violated its earlier order that once Director Generals of Police (DGs) in states and union territories are appointed, they cannot be transferred within two years. The court has also issued notices to the state government and acting state D...

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought explanation from the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) and Karnataka government as to how controversial Indian Police Services (IPS) officer Shankar Mahadev Bidari was appointed the state Director General of Police (DGP) even before the previous incumbent Achyuth Rao completed his two year term.

The Karnataka government on Saturday appointed Abdul Rehman Infant as the state's new police chief, shunting out incumbent Shankar Bidari to the Karnataka State Police Housing Board. The shuffle of the top police brass came a day after a division bench of the Karnataka High Court Friday upheld the March 16 order of the Central Administrative Tribu...

The Karnataka High Court has struck down appointment of Shankar Bidari as the state's Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP).