New Delhi, June 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court to transfer to a different bench the case involving abduction allegations against Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) HM Jayaram.

A bench comprising Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Manmohan also set aside the June 17 order of the High Court that directed action against the senior IPS officer.

The apex court further ordered the Tamil Nadu government to transfer the investigation in the case to the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID).

"We will request the Chief Justice to assign it to some other bench. Courts are running administration now," the Bench observed while passing its directions.

The directiv...