The Supreme Court today agreed to set up a bench to hear a clutch of contempt pleas claiming that its historic 2006 verdict on police reforms, has not yet been by states and union territories. The verdict had recommended steps like fixed tenures for DGPs and SPs, A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it would take a decision on constituting a three-judge bench to hear the pleas by 11th September. <br/><br/>The petioners mentioned the contempt pleas for urgent hearing saying the directions passed by the apex court in 2006 have not been implemented in by authorities.<br/><br/>The apex court, deciding the PIL filed by two former DGPs Prakash Singh and N K Singh in 2006, had given a slew of directions, including setting up of a state security commission to ensure that the government does not exercise unwarranted influence on the police.<br/>It had said the appointment of DGP and police officers should be merit-based and transparent and officers like DGPs and Superintendent of Police (SP) should have a minimum fixed tenure of two years.The court had recommended separation of police functions of investigation and maintaining law and order.<br/><br/>A National Security Commission needed to be set up at the union level to prepare a panel for selection and placement of chiefs of the Central Police Organisations with a minimum tenure of two years, the apex court had ordered. Contempt pleas alleging non-implementation of these directions are still pending.