The state government alleged before a bench of Justices SK Kaul and A Amanullah that several state excise department officials have complained the ED is threatening them and their family members with arrest and is trying to implicate the CM following which the Supreme Court told the ED to not create an atmosphere of fear.
Before a bench of Justices SK Kaul and A Amanullah, the Chhattisgarh government has complained that ED is threatening several state excise department officials and their family members with arrest and.
“Even a bona fide cause becomes suspect when you behave like this…Don’t create an atmosphere of fear,” a Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul told the ED.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the Chhattisgarh government, submitted before a bench comprising justices S.K. Kaul and A Amanullah that the ED is running amok and they are threatening excise officers, and stressed that it is a shocking state of affairs. Sibal pressed that this is happening because elections are coming.Addi