Giving a new twist to the I-pack raid case in West Bengal, the Supreme Court postponed the hearing on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) petition against Mamata Banerjee and the state government till February 10. The case pertains to allegations of obstruction by the state administration during a raid at the office of Kolkata-based political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of co-founder Prateek Jain.
The ED claims that during the search, West Bengal Police intervened at the behest of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, threatened the officers and stopped the investigation. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had called it a direct attack on democracy and demanded an FIR against the CM, DGP and Kolkata Police Commissioner.
In the last hearing, the court stayed the FIR, ordered to preserve the CCTV and digital evidence of the raid sites and gave time to the concerned officials to file the affidavit.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the state government, termed the petition unacceptable and said it was forum shopping as similar petitions were pending in the Calcutta High Court.
In today’s proceedings, Mehta said that the state’s reply has just been received, hence time is needed to file the counter affidavit. The court agreed and fixed February 10 as the next date.
This decision may intensify the debate on the autonomy of investigating agencies in Centre-state relations. In political circles, it is eagerly awaited for the upcoming hearing, which will answer many big questions.
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