New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order transferring the investigation into the alleged assault on a Colonel by Punjab Police personnel to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The incident reportedly took place on the intervening night of March 13 and 14, when Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son were having dinner at a roadside dhaba in Patiala. The alleged assault by police personnel was said to have occurred during a dispute over parking.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma is likely to take up the matter.
Colonel Bath has filed a caveat petition in the Supreme Court through advocate Sumeer Sodhi, requesting that no order be passed without hearing his side. A caveat petition ensures that the court does not issue any direction without informing the concerned party.
On July 16, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered that the probe be handed over to the CBI.
