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 2:43 PM IST

      Some other lawyer seeks to interfere. Solicitor General expresses unhappiness.

      SG : This is not a public street. We can't have hooliganism.

    • 19 May 2021 2:42 PM IST

      Luthra says the 407 application was not maintainable and stay could not have been passed.

      Solicitor General : Enough of interruptions. I rarely lose my cool.

      Luthra : That's right. He rarely loses his cool.

    • 19 May 2021 2:39 PM IST

      Solicitor General repeats request to file reply to recall applications.

      Solicitor General : I have told your lordship about the unprecedented hooliganism which was witnessed.

    • 19 May 2021 2:37 PM IST

      Luthra : There is a chargesheet filed. There is a remand application filed on the same day. It has no mention of law and order situation.

      Luthra : With respect to many other accused, there are revisions pending in the High Court in which stay orders have been passed.

    • 19 May 2021 2:36 PM IST

      Acting CJ Rajesh Bindal says that the bench was told that CBI won't be able to produce the accused before court because people is sitting outside CBI office.


    • 19 May 2021 2:36 PM IST

      Luthra : CBI is an agency which is operating under a stay order of the Supreme Court. It is hanging on a stay order. If that stay order goes...we will see.

      Luthra says that by the time CBI sent the letter to Chief Justice and Governor, they had approached the Special Court for virtual hearing.

    • 19 May 2021 2:30 PM IST

      Luthra : The learned Special Judge was hearing the case through VC. The Special Judge was not confronted by anybody.

    • 19 May 2021 2:27 PM IST

      Luthra says that the accused were not given the copy of the email sent by CBI to the Acting Chief Justice.

    • 19 May 2021 2:26 PM IST

      Luthra : There is also the issue of maintainability of application under Section 407 CrPC.

    • 19 May 2021 2:25 PM IST

      Senior Advocate Sidhharth Luthra : It is a question of liberty. We had mentioned the recall application yesterday, so that they are not taken by surprise. 

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