Turning down the Maharashtra government’s plea to let the state police continue its investigation, a bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh directed that the state shall hand over all documents related to five first information reports (FIRs) against Singh to CBI within a week, and all future FIRs against Singh relatable to his tenure as Mumbai police commissioner shall also be transferred to CBI.

“Exigencies and advancement of principles of justice and fair play and impartial inquiry require the investigation to be transferred to the CBI...We are not saying that the appellant (Singh) is a whistleblower... What is the truth, who is at fault, how does such a scenario come to prevail…is something the investigation must go into,” stated the court in its order.

“CBI must hold an impartial inquiry into all these aspects regarding allegations, leading to the registration of FIRs (against Singh) have a ring of truth or are only repercussions of petitioner raising a red flag,” SC bench said.