The Calcutta High Court has referring the case to a Bench of five judges
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has approached the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court direction to place under house arrest four Trinamool Congress leaders accused in the Narada sting tapes case.
On Friday, following a split verdict on the bail of Sovan Chatterjee, Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim and Madan Mitra, a Division Bench of the High Court ordered them to be put under house arrest while referring the case to a Bench of five judges.
The four have been in custody since May 17.
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 20: Division Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul has directed the Advocate General to file a comprehensive report keeping in view the suggestions and grievances projected by the lawyers.
In the Court on its Own Motion relating to COVID-19 pandemic, several grievances and suggestions have been made by the lawyers. The main grievances and suggestions have been raised by Aditya Gupta, Rohit Kapoor, Sachin Dogra, Pranav Kohli, Ashok Sharma, Mubeen Khan and Zeeshan Hyder.
After hearing them as well as Monika Kohli, Amicus Curiae and D C Raina, Advocate General, the DB observed, “after considering the various aspects of the matter, we don’t deem it proper to narrate all those grievances and suggestions and instead direct all the lawyers to submit the same through Amicus Curiae to the Advocate General, who will r
‘Such decisions may undermine the democratic process’
YSRCP general secretary and Adviser (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy has said that the State High Court order cancelling the elections conducted for the ZPTCs and MPTCs in April is unfortunate.
“The elections were conducted with much difficulty. Many government personnel risked their lives in performing electoral duties. Such decisions could undermine the democratic process, and people could lose faith in the electoral process. The voting percentage was high even amid COVID-19 restrictions. We see no reason in cancelling the process,” Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy told the media on Friday.
Stating that the State Election Commission had conducted the parishad elections as directed by a similar Division Bench of the High Court, Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy said it was unfortunate that the judgment ignored the people’s decision.
I t is unfortunate that due to half hearted efforts of the concerned planners in the UT Health Department that the areas which need the services of our