HC rejects plea against dismissal of IPS officer who probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case

The Delhi High Court rejected a plea by former IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma, who assisted the CBI in its probe in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, against the Centre’s order dismissing him a month before his scheduled retirement.

The Delhi High Court on May 24 rejected a plea by former IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma, who assisted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its probe in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, against the Centre’s order dismissing him a month before his scheduled retirement.

Mr. Verma was dismissed from service on August 30 last year, a month ahead of his scheduled retirement on September 30, 2022, after a departmental inquiry found him guilty of various charges, including “interacting with public media”.

Mr. Verma had approached the High Court following the Supreme Court’s order allowing him to file a plea here.

“We find no merit in the writ petition. Writ petition is dismissed,” a Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said.

The apex court, on September 19, 2022, had stayed the Centre’s dismissal order for a week and said it is for the High Court to consider the question as to whether the stay or vacation of dismissal order is to continue.

Subsequently, on September 26 of the same year, the high court had refused to stay the Centre’s order dismissing Mr. Verma.

Mr. Verma had probed the high-profile Ishrat Jahan case of 2004 between April 2010 and October 2011.