Supreme Court of India

State of Assam and Others v. Binod Kumar and Others

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Reported as [2024] 1 S.C.R. 473
Bench Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar JJ.
Decided 18 January 2024

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Judgment, page 15

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Issue for Consideration Rule 63(iii) of the Assam Police Manual, which dates back to a point of time when the Police Act, 1861, was in force, can be said to be still valid and lawful in the framework of the Assam Police Act, 2007 and the 2007 Rules relating to preparation of ACRs/ APARs of IPS Officers in the rank of Superintendents of Police . Headnotes Service law – Assam Police Manual – r. 63(iii) – Assam Police Act, 2007 – s. 14(2) – Reporting Authority, entitled to initiate Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs)/Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APARs) of Indian Police Service (IPS)

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