Narada Case : Live Updates From Calcutta High Court Hearing On TMC Leaders' Bail

Senior Advocate Bandopadhyay makes an interjections. He presses that the recall applications must be heard first. 'The Solicitor General will go on for hours and our applications won't be heard. My parties are in judicial custody. There is a violation of natural justice'.

Advocate General says he has received instructions to appear for the newly added respondents (Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee , Law Minister Ghatak Moloy etc

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Solicitor General says his submissions are not rebutted.

Justice Bindal says that the Chief Minister, Law Minister etc were only added as party today, and it is for them to rebut.

SG : I was careful in using my words. I said not rebutted so far.

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SG : This is mobocracy. This is not democracy. If it is illegal arrest, go to a court of law.

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SG : Your lordships are dealing with a case where constitutional functionaries laid a seige at the CBI office at the behest of the accused. Such a situation is not normal.

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SG says he may not be misunderstood. 'Your lordships can consider the issue of bail. Your lordships can consider the issue of stay. My submission is let this not be reduced to a question of bail. I may not be misunderstood'.

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Justice Mukerjee : Mr Solicitor, you may proceed in your own way. Cite your authorities. But it may be noted that the entire issue was assigned to the 5-judge bench by the Acting Chief Justice.

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Solicitor General repeats that the issue is whether the proceedings of trial judge are vitiated due to mob pressure.

"Is mob sacrosanct? I am before a constitutional court which is supposed to uphold the rule of law", SG says.

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Solicitor General : Your lordships are not required to sit in a 5-judge combination to decide the question of bail.

Justice Banerjee : That question is also before us.

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Justice Arijit Banerjee : There are four recalling applications filed by the accused against stay of bail. Other is your application for transfer. Now the judgments you were talking about public perception, would they be relevant if this court decides whether bail to be granted.