{"id":48142,"date":"2017-05-05T06:23:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T00:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48142"},"modified":"2017-05-05T06:23:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T00:53:38","slug":"sc-seeks-kerala-chief-secys-reply-senkumars-contempt-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-seeks-kerala-chief-secys-reply-senkumars-contempt-plea","title":{"rendered":"SC seeks Kerala Chief Secy&#8217;s reply on Senkumar&#8217;s contempt plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47723\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Legal-awareness.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47723\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/legal-awareness-weapon-hands-citizen\/legal-awareness\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Legal-awareness.jpg?fit=289%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"289,174\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Legal awareness\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Legal-awareness.jpg?fit=289%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Legal-awareness.jpg?fit=289%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47723 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Legal-awareness.jpg?resize=289%2C174&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC seeks Kerala Chief Secy's reply on Senkumar's contempt plea\" width=\"289\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Legal-awareness.jpg?w=289&amp;ssl=1 289w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/Legal-awareness.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC seeks Kerala Chief Secy&#8217;s reply on Senkumar&#8217;s contempt plea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today sought response of the Kerala Chief Secretary on a contempt plea by senior IPS officer T P Senkumar, who has alleged delay in his reinstatement as the state police chief despite the apex court&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n<p>The court also imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on Kerala government, which had filed a separate application seeking certain clarifications on its April 24 judgement on Senkumar.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta issued notice to Chief Secretary Nalini Netto on the contempt plea and fixed the matter for hearing on May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for Senkumar, told the bench that the state government has &#8220;mocked&#8221; at the judgement passed by the apex court, which had on April 24 directed reinstatement of the senior IPS officer as the state police chief.<\/p>\n<p>The counsel representing Kerala told the bench that the process to reinstate was going on and the state government has also filed a review petition in the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is not an argument. We will see the review petition when it will come up for hearing before us,&#8221; the bench told Kerala&#8217;s counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s counsel requested the bench not to impose cost and said that he would withdraw the application.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are dismissing it with costs. We are permitting them to withdraw it (application) with a cost of Rs 25,000,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench said that it had not gone into the allegations of malafide raised by Senkumar earlier before it but the state was &#8220;somehow confirming&#8221; the same by filing such application.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had on April 24 ordered the reinstatement of Senkumar, saying he was transferred by the ruling LDF government &#8220;unfairly&#8221; and &#8220;arbitrarily&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Senkumar had on April 29 moved the apex court seeking contempt action against the state government and its chief secretary alleging &#8220;wilful, deliberate disobedience&#8221; of its order reinstating him.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today sought response of the Kerala Chief Secretary on a contempt plea by senior IPS officer T P Senkumar, who has alleged delay in his reinstatement as the state police chief despite the apex court&#8217;s order. 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