What Happened During the Hearing?
Singh, in his petition, asserted that he did not have confidence in the departmental inquiry being undertaken against him by the Maharashtra government and sought the transfer of the ongoing investigation to another state. He also requested the Bench to transfer the criminal cases filed against him to the CBI or any other independent agency.
Senior Advocates Mahesh Jethmalani and Puneet Bali were part of the defendant’s counsel.
The Bench, comprising of Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian, remarked “You are the part of a Maharashtra cadre. You served the state for 30 years. And now you don’t trust the functioning of your own state? This is a shocking allegation!”
Police Officer Bhimraj Rohidas Ghadge had also submitted an application before the court, countering the handover of the cases lodged against Singh to the CBI, a Bar and Bench report said.
The bench refused to accept the defendant’s plea to pass a blanket order permitting the transfer…