Ex-IG Kunwar Pratap Singh appeals to Punjab and Haryana Supreme Court to challenge the recognition of defamation

Ex-IG Kunwar Pratap Singh appeals to Punjab and Haryana Supreme Court to challenge the recognition of defamation

Ex-IG Kunwar Pratap Singh appeals to Punjab and Haryana Supreme Court to challenge the recognition of defamation

Chandigarh : The Punjab and Haryana High Court issued notice of motion to the State of Punjab on Monday on an appeal filed by former Inspector General of Police Kuwar Vijay Partap Singh, who challenged the order of a Single Judge of the same court quashing probe into the Kotkapura firing case.

Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh filed an appeal against observations made by a single judge bench in the sacrilege case on Monday.

Taking up the petition filed through counsel APS Shergill, the Bench of Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice AK Verma set the next hearing for December 7.

HC quashes investigation in Kotkapura police firing case

Ex-IG Kunwar Pratap Singh appeals to Punjab and Haryana Supreme Court to challenge the recognition of defamation

A single-judge bench had quashed probe by an SIT headed by Singh into the Kotkapura firing case and made some strong observations against him.

Before quitting, ex-IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap flagged plan to submit challan against Badals

Singh put in his papers in April soon after a bench of Justice Rajbir Sehrawat quashed his investigations.

On April 9, the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the investigation carried out by the state in the Kotkapura firing case and directed the state to reconstitute the special investigation team without the IPS officer.