Supreme Court Interim Order Halts Himachal Pradesh High Court’s Directive to Relocate DGP Sanjay Kundu, Directs Him to Seek Recall

Supreme Court passed an interim order staying the direction passed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court which had asked the state government to shift senior IPS official Sanjay Kundu from the post of Director General of Police (DGP). A bench presided over by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud asked Kundu — a 1989-batch IPS officer — to approach the HP High Court with an application seeking recall of order removing him from the post of DGP.