: No coercive action against former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh till March 9, says SC #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra Police to not take any coercive action against

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No coercive action against former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh till March 9, says SC #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra Police to not take any coercive action against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh till March 9, Live Law reported. Singh has been accused in five extortion cases.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh said it will soon take a call on whether cases against Singh should be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The judges also asked the Maharashtra government to “completely take its hands off� the cases till they pass a verdict. The state administration has agreed to do so.The Central Bureau of Investigation has told the court that the allegations against Singh were overlapping with its inquiry into the case of corruption against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. In view of this, the central agency said in an affidavit that it should investigate the cases against Singh.The court also said that the situation involving Singh could shake people’s faith in the police system, Live Law reported.“We have had occasion to say earlier that it is a messy state of affairs,� said Kaul. “Very unfortunate situation. It has the propensity of necessarily shaking the confidence of people in the police system.�The bench has been hearing a petition filed by Singh against a Bombay High Court judgement on September...Read more

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