New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice on the West Bengal Government’s petition challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order for a CBI probe into post-poll cases of murder and rape, allegedly committed by TMC supporters.
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Asking the original petitioners before the high court and the CBI to file their replies to the West Bengal Government’s petition, a Bench led by Justice Vineet Saran posted the matter for further hearing on October 7.
“On the face of it, you have made out a case for issuance of notice. Let’s see. We will give a short time for respondents to file counter affidavits,” the Bench told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who represented the TMC government.
As Sibal requested the Bench to stay future filing of FIRs by the CBI, Justice Saran said, “We don’t have to do it. It’s a matter of only a week…nothing will happen.”
Sibal said the CBI was issuing notices to police officers in various cases. But the Bench said it won’t pass any orders without hearing the other side.
During the hearing, Sibal said the High Court violated the principles of natural justice of the state government in transferring post-poll violence cases to the CBI as only seven days were given to state police to probe thousands of complaints and whatever was said by state wasn’t considered by the HC.
The West Bengal Government had on September 1 moved the top court against the Calcutta High Court’s order for a CBI probe into the incidents of murder and rape, allegedly committed by TMC supporters targeting BJP workers after the Assembly election results were declared on May 2.