I-PAC Raid Case: Chief Minister’s forceful interference during the raid is not right, Supreme Court’s comment on Mamata Banerjee in I-PAC raid case

New Delhi. While hearing the ED’s petition in the I-PAC raid case, the Supreme Court today expressed its displeasure over the conduct of Mamata Banerjee in a harsh tone. The court said that the Chief Minister’s forceful interference during the raid was not right. The bench of Justice PK Mishra and Justice NV Anjaria also reprimanded Mamata Banerjee’s lawyer and said that he cannot order the court as to what is to be considered in the record and what is not.

The Bengal government demanded some more time from the Supreme Court to file its reply on the ED petition. Bengal government’s lawyer Shyam Diwan said that some new allegations have been made in the affidavit filed by the ED, to which some more time is needed to file its reply. On this the bench said that ED had filed the affidavit 10 days ago. On behalf of ED, SG Tushar Mehta objected to this and said that this is an excuse to postpone the hearing. Mehta further said that first the Chief Minister interfered in the ED investigation and the state government wants to postpone the hearing in the court.

The Supreme Court has fixed March 24 for the next hearing of the case. Let us tell you that in January this year, ED had raided the premises of election strategy making company I-PAC in Kolkata in a money laundering case related to the coal scam. During the raid, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached there with her Laav Lashkar. ED alleges that Mamata not only interfered in the investigation but also forcibly took away important evidence including some files and electronic devices with herself. ED has filed a petition in the Supreme Court regarding this.

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