“If the CM barges into an ED investigation, your idea of remedy for the ED is to go to the state government which is headed by the CM and inform them about it and seek remedy?” the bench said, when advocate Sibal argued that the agency had remedies other than moving a writ petition under Article 32.
The Calcutta High Court is set to hear petitions linked to the ED’s raids on I-PAC and Pratik Jain, amid political allegations and parallel proceedings.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly disrupting an ongoing investigation at the political consultancy firm I-PAC, linked to a coal smuggling case.
The development came after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached Prateek Jain's residence during the raids and took away some documents.
