New Delhi, March 21 -- : The Supreme Court has asked all the High Courts to deal with the matter relating to the filling up of a large number of vacancies in police forces in the states.

A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the High Courts to register suo motu PILs in this regard and monitor the issue.

The bench in its last week order transferred a case, pending before it since 2013, to the High Courts for "effective monitoring".

"We are of the view that the records pertaining to each of the states including affidavits etc. be sent by the Supreme Court Registry to the Registry of the concerned High Courts with a request to the Chief Justice of the High Court to entertain the matter o...