Narada Sting: CBI Moves SC Challenging House Arrest Of TMC Leaders
The Calcutta High Court had on May 21 ordered shifting of two West Bengal ministers, an MLA and a former Kolkata mayor to house arrest from jail.
Outlook Web Bureau 24 May 2021, Last Updated at 11:11 am outlookindia.com 2021-05-24T11:11:33+05:30
The CBI has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order allowing the house arrest of top Trinamool Congress leaders in the Narada sting case.
The acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on Friday had constituted a five-member bench to hear the interim bail plea of four Trinamool Congress heavyweights in West Bengal, who were arrested on Monday by the CBI in the Narada sting operation case.
CBI challenges house arrest of Trinamool bigwigs in SC
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New Delhi, May 24 : The CBI has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order allowing the house arrest of Trinamool Congress four heavyweights in the Narada bribery case.
The CBI wants Monday s High Court hearing cancelled. A five-judge bench is scheduled to hear the politicians bail plea.
The matter was referred to the five-judge bench after the two judges of the High Court division bench differed with each other. The top court is likely to take up the matter any time in the day. The hearing scheduled is scheduled at 11 a.m. in the High Court.
Five-member bench adjourns hearing of Narada case till May 26
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Kolkata, May 24 : The five-member division bench of the Calcutta High Court constituted by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal for the hearing of the bail petition of the heavyweight leaders on Monday adjourned the hearing till May 26.
The larger bench was constituted after there was split judgement by a two-member division bench of Bindal and Arijit Banerjee.
The larger bench comprising ACJ Rajesh Bindal, Justices Harish Tandon, IP Mukerji, Arijit Banerjee and Soumen Sen after a two-hour long hearing on the issues to be formulated in the case from both the CBI and the defence council decided to adjourn the case till Wednesday.
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Calcutta High Court takes serious exception to Mamata Banerjee’s dharna
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The court, while taking serious objection to the huge assembly of supporters, observed that, “the law minister of the state was present in court where the accused were to be presented along with a mob of 2,000 to 3,000 supporters.”
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The Calcutta High Court, while taking serious exception to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s sit-in dharna on Monday against the arrest of four TMC leaders and ministers in connection with the Narada case, called the incident “an extra-ordinary situation”.
The High Court had, in its verdict, said, “The court has been called upon to deal with an extra-ordinary situation where the chief minister of the state can sit on a dharna outside the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) along with her supporters, which had investigated the case and was to present a charge sheet in court against the accused who are sen