India, Sept. 6 -- The Delhi High Court ruled that a whistleblower cannot claim permanent immunity from transfer merely by alleging that the move is an act of retaliation by officials.

A bench of justices C Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla delivered the verdict on Tuesday while hearing a plea filed by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel against his July 17 transfer from Noida to the 87th Battalion in Manipur.

In his petition, the man contended that the order was motivated by malice and intended as retaliation for his role as an internal whistleblower. He alleged that authorities had repeatedly targeted him, issuing baseless chargesheets and denying him transport allowance.

The CRPF's counsel, on the other hand, argued that...