Desk: On Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee got a big blow from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has put a stay on the FIR against ED. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had filed a report against ED for raiding the I-PAC office. While hearing the case, the Supreme Court told the Bengal government that it cannot interfere in the work of the agency.
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The bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Vipul Pancholi has ordered to preserve all the evidence including CCTV footage. The court has issued notices to Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the police. The next hearing will be on 3 February 2026. The court sought a reply from the Mamata government within two weeks and said that the allegations of the central agency are serious.
Mamata Banerjee accused of evidence theft
ED told the Supreme Court that during the raid on January 8, 2026, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached there and took electronic equipment and documents with her. Along with Mamta, Bengal DGP also arrived with the police team. Police snatched mobile phones of ED officers. Mamta Banerjee also went in front of the media. In this way the morale of ED falls and their work gets hampered. Solicitor General SV Raju said, ‘Mamata Banerjee is the accused and she stole the evidence with the connivance of the DGP. If any FIR is investigated in Bengal then nothing will happen. Therefore, there is a need for CBI investigation in the matter.
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The Supreme Court bench said that we are very upset with the attitude of the High Court. At the same time, Kapil Sibal said that the hearing was held yesterday and the Supreme Court will have to accept that the High Court is unable to provide justice. On this statement of Sibal, the bench said angrily, ‘You cannot put words in my mouth. We will decide what we want to believe and what we don’t.
‘ED has no right to interfere in election work…’
The Supreme Court, after hearing the lawyers of both the parties, said that this petition raises a serious issue regarding the investigation by ED and other central agencies and the alleged interference by the state authorities. The Court stressed that in order to maintain the rule of law and allow every agency to function independently, the matter should be investigated to ensure that criminals are not protected in the name of security of any state.
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The bench said that there are huge questions of law involved, and leaving them unresolved may worsen the situation, leading to anarchy in one or more states. The Court stressed that no agency has the right to interfere in election work, but when a central agency is working honestly to investigate a serious crime, its powers should not be hampered by activities under the guise of party work. The Supreme Court issued notice and directed that the reply be filed within three days. In the arguments given by the ED, it was said that the state machinery is being used like a pattern to obstruct the functioning of central agencies. The court is now reviewing the constitutional limits and law and order situation in this case.
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