SC upholds Calcutta HC order on CBI probe in Sandeshkhali row
HC order directing a CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali matter pertaining to the attack on ED officials.
However, the Supreme Court expunged remarks made by the High Court against state police and government.
In an order passed on March 5, the Calcutta High Court had ordered an independent CBI probe and directed the West Bengal Police to hand over the accused mastermind behind the attack, Sheikh Shahjahan, from the custody of the CID to the CBI on the same day.
Against this, the state government filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the top court saying that the Calcutta High Court order to transfer the probe to the CBI was passed in a cursory manner and frustrates its right to avail remedy available under the law.
No urgent hearing could take place so far in the Supreme Court on the state government’s plea despite the matter being mentioned twice before a bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna for urgent listing.
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