Chandigarh, The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the dismissal of Gursher Singh Sandhu as Punjab Police Deputy Superintendent of Police over the controversial interview of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.
In the judgment pronounced on Tuesday, Justice Namit Kumar held that the state could not establish circumstances warranting dispensing with a regular departmental inquiry and ordered the Punjab government to reinstate Sandhu with all consequential benefits.