Kolkata Ed Raids: ‘Can’t shut our eyes to realities’: SC slams Mamata’s ‘interference’ in I-PAC raid case | India News – The Times of India

Kolkata Ed Raids: ‘Can’t shut our eyes to realities’: SC slams Mamata’s ‘interference’ in I-PAC raid case | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reacted sharply in the I-PAC raids matter, coming down heavily on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her alleged intervention during an Enforcement Directorate probe at the organisation’s director’s residence in Kolkata.The top court described the socio-political climate in the poll-bound state as an “extra-ordinary situation,” referring…

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Supreme Court asks Bengal’s top bureaucrat to apologise over siege of SIR officers in Malda | India News – The Times of India

Supreme Court asks Bengal’s top bureaucrat to apologise over siege of SIR officers in Malda | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the West Bengal chief secretary for “not taking calls of Calcutta high court chief justice” over the Malda incident and asked him to apologise.Taking strong exception to the attack on judicial officers adjudicating objections to voter list exclusions in West Bengal’s Malda district, the Supreme Court…

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West Bengal poll chaos: Villagers hold SIR officers ‘hostage’, EC asks NIA to probe case | India News – The Times of India

West Bengal poll chaos: Villagers hold SIR officers ‘hostage’, EC asks NIA to probe case | India News – The Times of India

The Election Commission on Thursday transferred the probe into the gherao of judicial officers dealing with cases related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal’s Malda to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A spokesperson for the poll body said an NIA team is expected to arrive in the poll-bound state on Friday to begin…

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