Tapan Deka Gets Second Extension As IB Chief Counter-terrorism expert Tapan Kumar Deka was given an additional one-year term till June 2026 as the chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the second such extension for him. This comes amid the evolving security situation in the wake of India’s strike on May 7 on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir in retaliation against last month’s Pahalgam terrorist attack. Deka (62), a 1988-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, was in June 2022 appointed as the IB chief for two years. His term was extended by one year in June last year. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved Deka’s extension as the Director, Intelligence Bureau, for a period of one year beyond June 30, 2025, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said. Post navigation Supreme Court remarked in Vijay Shah case “The kind of crass comments you made, completely thoughtlessly… We don’t need this apology.” Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Appointed Acting Chief Justice of MP High Court
