{"id":54929,"date":"2018-12-12T23:32:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54929"},"modified":"2018-12-12T23:32:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:02:54","slug":"sc-allows-punjab-and-haryana-dgps-to-continue-in-office-till-january-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-allows-punjab-and-haryana-dgps-to-continue-in-office-till-january-31","title":{"rendered":"SC allows Punjab and Haryana DGPs to continue in office till January 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"177\" data-attachment-id=\"54930\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-allows-punjab-and-haryana-dgps-to-continue-in-office-till-january-31\/images-3-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-3.jpg?fit=285%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"285,177\" 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=\"images (3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-3.jpg?fit=285%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-3.jpg?resize=285%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-3.jpg?w=285&amp;ssl=1 285w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-3.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:&nbsp;The police chiefs&nbsp;of Punjab and Haryana were&nbsp;allowed by the Supreme Court&nbsp;to continue in office till January 31.&nbsp;The police chiefs &#8212; Suresh Arora (Punjab) and B S Sandhu (Haryana) &#8212; were due to retire on December 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it will hear their pleas seeking modification of the January 8 order and allowed the current DGPs to continue in office till January 31.&nbsp;The Punjab and Haryana governments moved the apex court recently, seeking modification of its earlier order directing the states to mandatorily take the assistance of the UPSC in shortlisting the names for appointing DGP.&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><br>\n<br>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI:&nbsp;The police chiefs&nbsp;of Punjab and Haryana were&nbsp;allowed by the Supreme Court&nbsp;to continue in office till January 31.&nbsp;The police chiefs &#8212; Suresh Arora (Punjab) and B S Sandhu (Haryana) &#8212; were due to retire on December 31. 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