Riberio's PIL on Ishrat Jahan case dismissed

August 03, 2016 11:32

The High Court dismisses former top cop Julio Ribeiro's PIL challenging appointment of Ishrat encounter case accused P P Pandey as in-charge DGP of Gujarat.

The Gujarat High Court in May had admitted a PIL filed by the former supercop challenging the appointment of IPS officer P P Pandey as in-charge DGP of Gujarat when he is an accused in the alleged fake encounter case of Mumbai college student Ishrat Jahan.

A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and V M Pancholi admitted the PIL and asked the public prosecutor to take instructions from the state government on the issue.

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