Overview
- A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Sandeep Mehta postponed the hearing after being informed that senior advocate Kapil Sibal was unwell.
- The Enforcement Directorate seeks Supreme Court directions for FIRs against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the state DGP and the Kolkata Police Commissioner, as well as a CBI probe into alleged obstruction during January 8 searches.
- The searches targeted I-PAC’s Kolkata office and co-founder Pratik Jain’s residence in a money-laundering probe linked to an alleged coal-pilferage scam.
- On January 15, the Court stayed West Bengal Police FIRs against ED officials and ordered preservation of CCTV footage and other digital recordings from the premises.
- In a counter affidavit, Banerjee denies interference, says she retrieved proprietary Trinamool Congress data with officials’ assent, and questions the timing and purpose of the ED operation.