Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues Notices on Police Powers and Recruitment Rules Petitions

The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notices to the State Government on two separate petitions. One challenges the legality of granting magisterial powers to Assistant Commissioners of Police under a 2021 notification, citing the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which restricts such powers to officers of Superintendent rank or higher. The other questions the Madhya Pradesh Police Executive Recruitment Rules, 1997, specifically the absence of separate cut-off marks for horizontal reservation categories, with the court noting reservation applies primarily at final appointment.