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Calcutta High Court dismisses TMC’s plea in ED raid on IPAC premises, hearing to be held in Supreme court tomorrow

By Samira Vishwas

New Delhi. A hearing was held in the Calcutta High Court today in the case of Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s interference during the ED raid on the premises of IPAC Company. ED rejected the petition of Trinamool Congress in which it had accused ED of raiding the office and house of IPAC IT Head Prateek Jain and seizing papers. With this, the High Court has postponed the hearing on the petition filed by ED. The court said that a petition has already been filed in the Supreme Court in this matter. This case is to be heard tomorrow in the Supreme Court.

ASG Raju, presenting the argument on behalf of ED, said that the Enforcement Directorate did not seize any documents from the office of IPAC or the house of its head Prateek Jain. If anyone has confiscated the documents, it has been done by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. ED alleged that during the raid, Mamata Banerjee had forcibly taken files and important evidence with her. On this, the court said that when no evidence is seized then there is nothing left for hearing, hence the petition is dismissed.

On the other hand, BJP has described the rejection of TMC’s petition as extremely shameful for Mamata Banerjee. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya said that the judiciary has taught the Chief Minister a befitting lesson after he shamelessly entered into the ED raid in the coal smuggling and money laundering case and tried to threaten the central agencies on camera. This development highlights their contempt for the rule of law and their desperation to protect corruption. Constitutional officers cannot be intimidated by political tactics and the High Court has made it clear.

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