The counter-cum-clarification came from Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju to Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra's opening arguments on behalf of the State in the pleas filed by the ED alleging obstruction by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other officials during a search
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday challenged the maintainability of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution in the Supreme Court, arguing that the apex court's writ jurisdiction applies only to the enforcement of fundament
The visit comes against the backdrop of significant legal and political developments following the ED's plea before the Supreme Court alleging interference by West Bengal authorities during the search operations. Last week, the apex court issued notices to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamat
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director Rahul Naveen is set to visit Kolkata on Wednesday as part of a routine review, during which he will meet officers involved in the January 8 search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian PAC Consulting Private Limited (I-PAC)
Reacting to the Supreme Court issuing notices to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior state police officers, BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul said that the court has taught a good lesson to the Chief Minister in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) hearing.
A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and AG Masih noted that if issues involving larger constitutional questions are left undecided, it could lead to a situation of lawlessness in states governed by different political outfits.
Observing that offenders cannot be protected under the shield of law-enforcement agencies of a particular State, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior State-police officials on pleas filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).<
The central agency has approached the Supreme Court after the West Bengal police had registered FIRs against ED officers following the raids at the political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata on January 8 in connection with the coal smuggling case.
BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari hailed the apex court's decision to stay all the FIRs against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in the I-PAC raid case in Kolkata till the next hearing on February 3.
The agency has also sought directions to the impleaded authorities under the Department of Personnel and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs to initiate departmental inquiry and major penalty proceedings against the officers concerned.
"It was Mamata Banerjee who actually took away many documents from the office. This shows that there is something behind the entire episode, that there are certain documents which the TMC did not want to be given to the investigating agencies...," the BJP President accused.