Supreme Court refuses to entertain Param Bir Singh's plea seeking transfer of probe against him outside Maharashtra

Param Bir Singh, a 1988-batch IPS officer, was removed from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner on March 17, and was made the General Commander of Maharashtra State Home Guard after he levelled allegations of corruption and misconduct against the then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (June 11) refused to entertain former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's plea seeking transfer of all inquiries against him to an independent agency outside Maharashtra. Refusing the plea of Param Bir Singh, the apex court said, "You've been in police force for 30 years. You can't now say you want your inquiries outside the state. You can't have doubts over your own force. You're part of Maharashtra cadre & now you don’t trust the functioning of your own state? This is a shocking allegation."  While hearing Singh's plea seeking transfer of inquiries against him outside Maharashtra, an SC vacation bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian said, "It is commonly said, the person who lives in glass house should not throw stones at others."