New Delhi: A heated exchange ensued between the bench and the CM during the ‘ED vs West Bengal CM’ match in SC on Tuesday Mamata Banerjeeconsultant Kapil Sibal.When a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and NV Anjaria asked the ED how a complaint against the CM could be lodged with the state authorities headed by the CM, Sibal said the bench was presuming guilt. “Don’t say it’s true. It’s just an allegation,” he said, adding that the allegations have not yet been investigated.
The bench clarified that they were not making any assumptions. “It is an allegation… Each allegation is based on some facts; if there are no facts, there is no need for investigation. This is what they pray for CBI investigation,” it said.Sibal then urged the bench not to be “angry”. The court clarified that asking a question does not mean the judge is upset. “Don’t piss us off by saying we were excited,” the bench told Sibal. The proceedings have since progressed smoothly.The court was hearing a petition by the ED and its officials against the state government, CM, Kolkata police chief and others seeking a CBI probe into the alleged obstruction of ED officials’ January 8 raids at various locations in Kolkata, including the offices of political consulting firm I-PAC. coal scam. tennessee
