Overview
- The court posted the 2018 petition for July after noting a 'sea change' in West Bengal’s political landscape.
- Senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia, appearing for a victim’s brother, seeks a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the deaths of Shaktipada Sarkar, Trilochan Mahato and Dulal Kumar.
- The petition says relatives were threatened and that multiple politically linked cases from that period ended in closure reports.
- A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi asked what remained to be decided and urged proactive steps from the petitioner.
- In a February hearing the court questioned why the matter was not first taken to the Calcutta High Court.