<h1>Petitions on ad-hoc state police chiefs, liquor retailer money-laundering probe, child victim compensation scheme, blind judicial recruitment, defamation appeals</h1> The Supreme Court listed petitions on ad-hoc appointments of state police chiefs; a money-laundering probe into a state-run liquor retailer over alleged corruption in the grant of retail licences; a plea seeking directions to the central government and others to implement a dedicated victim compensation scheme exclusively for child victims of crime; a challenge concerning recruitment of visually impaired candidates into judicial services; and an appeal by two political leaders contesting a high court order refusing to quash a criminal defamation case against them.