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.
PTI
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.