Two instances were mentioned at the hearing: the recent arrest of ED officer Ankit Tiwari on bribery charges by Tamil Nadu police, and Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee laying siege to the CBI office in Calcutta in 2021 after the arrest of Trinamul ministers in the Narada scam
The Supreme Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to respond to a plea from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking the transfer of a bribery case against one of its officers to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The Tamil Nadu Police has been directed to produce the materials collected in the case before the court.
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The bench, after issuing the notice, said the court is not observing anything in the order but both the ED and the state government must sit together and explore the possibility of formulating a mechanism for investigation of cases fairly and transparently.