Narada rip-off: SC annuls HC order refusing to simply accept replies of Mamata Banerjee, legislation minister

The Supreme Court Friday annulled the Calcutta High Court’s June 9 order refusing to take reply-affidavits of West Bengal, its Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state Law Minister Moloy Ghatak on the CBI’s switch plea associated to the Narada rip-off case.
A trip bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari urged the 5-judge bench of the High Court, headed by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, to resolve afresh the pleas of Banerjee, Ghatak and the state authorities earlier than deciding on the CBI petition searching for switch of the rip-off case to the excessive courtroom itself.
The high courtroom was listening to three appeals together with that of the state authorities difficult the excessive courtroom’s denial for submitting of affidavits by Banerjee and Ghatak of their function on the day of arrest of 4 Trinamool Congress leaders on May 17 by CBI within the Narada rip-off case. It has been alleged that the state ruling get together leaders performed a key function in stopping the CBI from performing its authorized obligation after the arrest of 4 leaders within the case.

Ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former mayor of Kolkata Sovan Chatterjee had been arrested by the CBI which is investigating the Narada sting tape case on a 2017 order of the excessive courtroom.