The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred the probe into cases against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh from the Maharashtra police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court said the transfer was not a comment on the State police’s conduct of the investigation so far, but should be considered as an effort to reach the truth.
“Exigencies and advancement of principles of justice and fair play and impartial enquiry require the investigation to be transferred to the CBI. We are not saying that the appellant [Mr. Singh] is a whistleblower; we are not saying anyone in this process is washed with milk. What is the truth, who is at fault, how does such a scenario come to prevail… All this is something the investigation must uncover,” a Bench led by Justice S.K. Kaul observed.
