Justice Gavai recuses himself from hearing Param Bir Singh case

Supreme Court choose Justice B.R. Gavai, one of many two judges on the Vacation Bench scheduled to listen to a plea by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh difficult the interior enquiries instituted towards him, recused himself from hearing the case on Tuesday.

Mr. Singh has moved the Supreme Court alleging that the departmental enquiries towards him was a part of a conspiracy to border him for levelling allegations of corruption towards Anil Deshmukh, who resigned as Maharashtra Home Minister. He urged the apex court docket to shift the enquiries to a different State.

“My brother [pointing to Justice Gavai] cannot hear the case,” Justice Vineet Saran, the lead choose on the Bench, knowledgeable senior advocate Puneet Bali, who appeared for Mr. Singh.

Justice Gavai additionally made it clear that he would withdraw from hearing the petition.

“In that case, we are recording in our order to list the case before another Bench,” Justice Saran mentioned.

Alleges witch-hunt

Mr. Singh claimed there was a “witch-hunt” on towards him. He mentioned he was going through threats of a number of enquiries and probes except he withdrew his criticism towards Mr. Deshmukh. He requested the court docket to direct an investigation into the alleged conspiracy towards him.

In March, the court docket refused to intervene in a petition filed by Mr. Singh for a CBI investigation towards Mr. Deshmukh.

The apex court docket had as an alternative requested Mr. Singh to strategy the Bombay High Court together with his plea for an investigation by an impartial company.