NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) today restrained the Mumbai Police from filing charge sheets on the first information report (FIRs) against former police commissioner Param Bir Singh although it allowed them to carry on the investigation over the allegations of misconduct and corruption against him.

The bench of Justices SK Kaul and M M Sundresh passed the orders on a plea by Singh and also extended the interim protection granted by the apex court to Singh till January 1, 2022, when it will hear the matter next.

On November 22, the SC had directed Maharashtra Police not to arrest Singh in criminal cases lodged against him after which he had come to Mumbai and joined the investigation.

On the plea of Singh to transfer his case to the central agency, the SC bench also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its response on whether the probe should be handed over to it. The court had said it was concerned with the 'likelihood of bias'.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, said that the FIRs should also be entrusted to the central probe agency and he will file an affidavit regarding the same.

Senior advocate Darius Kambatta, appearing for Maharashtra, stated that Singh's petition was a service dispute against departmental enquiries, which should be contested before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) however the bench noted that it was only concern whether the CBI should consider the same or not.