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KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Thursday adjourned till Friday hearing in the Narada sting tape case, in which two senior West Bengal ministers, an MLA and a former Kolkata mayor were arrested by the CBI.
All the four accused - ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former mayor Sovan Chatterjee - are currently under house arrest as per the high court s order.
A five-judge bench said that on Friday, it will first hear the recall applications by the four on the stay granted by a division bench on bail to them.
It will then hear the CBI s prayer for transfer of the case to itself alleging mob pressure on the Special CBI court that granted bail to the four politicians on May 17, hours after their arrest.
Narada case: Calcutta High Court refuses CBI prayer to adjourn matter
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Last Updated: May 24, 2021, 05:06 PM IST
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It heard the CBI plea for transfer of the case from lower court to high court, and applications filed by the accused for recall of the stay order the high court had given on a lower court ruling.
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The Calcutta High Court on Monday took up hearing in the Narada sting tapes case in which two Bengal ministers, a TMC MLA and a former mayor of Kolkata have been arrested refusing a prayer by the CBI to adjourn the matter. Representing the CBI, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, during the virtual session, prayed before the five-judge bench that it adjourn hearing in the case, as the investigating agency has filed a special leave petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court, in connection with the high court s May 19 and May 21 orders.