Narada Scam Case Hearing : CBI vs TMC MLAs - Live Updates From Calcutta High Court

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19 May 2021 2:02 PM IST

  • Narada Scam Case Hearing : CBI vs TMC MLAs - Live Updates From Calcutta High Court

    Calcutta High Court is hearing the CBI's case against the bail granted to TMC leaders Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee and Souvan Chatterjee in the #NaradaScam case.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijeet Banerjee is hearing an application by CBI to transfer the bail applications from the Special CBI Court to the High Court, citing the "unprecedented...

    Calcutta High Court is hearing the CBI's case against the bail granted to TMC leaders Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee and Souvan Chatterjee in the #NaradaScam case.

    A bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijeet Banerjee is hearing an application by CBI to transfer the bail applications from the Special CBI Court to the High Court, citing the "unprecedented mob pressure" exerted by the protests of Chief Minister Mamanata Banerjee and Law Minister Moloy Ghatak.

    The bench is also hearing the applications filed by the arrested TMC leaders seeking recall of the stay order passed by the High Court on May 17.

    Stay on this page for live updates from the hearing.


    Live Updates

    • 19 May 2021 3:26 PM IST

      Singhvi says that the CBI suppressed before the High Court that the hearing before Special Court was virtual.

      Singhvi : The Special Court has not expressed any difficulty.

      SG : I have said that CBI was compelled to seek virtual hearing.

    • 19 May 2021 3:25 PM IST

      Singhvi : In this context, there was outrage. There is right to feel outraged. That is the meaning of democracy. There was expression of anger against arrest after 7 years.

      SG laughs : Stone-pelting?

      Singhvi : Mr.Mehta allow me to develop my arguments in my own way.

    • 19 May 2021 3:22 PM IST

      Singhvi ask which documents the accused have destroyed in the Narada sting of 2014. What is the urgency for arrest seven years later, he asks.

    • 19 May 2021 3:21 PM IST

      Singhvi : To use the word premier for CBI is an oxymoron. They sprint 100 yards to Governor before the swearing in of Cabinet to get sanction.

    • 19 May 2021 3:19 PM IST

      Singhvi : The MLAs felt that their colleagues were arrested on political vendetta because somebody could not digest defeat in elections.

    • 19 May 2021 3:19 PM IST

      Singhvi says that the arrests were a reaction to "bitter election results". CBI sought sanction from Governor to arrest TMC MLAs, which is illegal. As per Constitution Bench decisions, sanction has to be taken from the Speaker, Singhvi adds.

    • 19 May 2021 3:16 PM IST

      Singhvi : Three, there is not a whisper of allegation that CBI was intimidated by the mob.

      Singhvi : Four, as it happens in democracy, there was protest by co-ministers, co-MLAs. But there was no hindrance to the CBI. The protestations are being used as an excuse by CBI now.

      Singhvi : If there is a perception of unlawful arrest, there is a right to protest, so long as the lawful functions of the agency are not restrained.

    • 19 May 2021 3:14 PM IST

      Singhvi : One, CBI argued in the Special Court for hours through virtual hearing. Two, CBI requested for virtual hearing and I agreed.

      Singhvi : Three, there is not a whisper of allegation that CBI was intimidated by the mob.

    • 19 May 2021 3:13 PM IST

      Singhvi : The correct course was to challenge the order of special court. This was not the way


    • 19 May 2021 3:12 PM IST

      Singhvi : Could the order have been stayed on that day, when CBI could have challenged it in appropriate proceedings?

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