Following the orders of the Supreme Court, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Law Minister Mploy Ghatak along with the state government have filed fresh applications in the Calcutta High Court for their Narada case affidavits.
The High Court will have to accept the affidavits in regards to the ongoing Narada case as per the orders of the Supreme Court on Friday, June 25. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for June 29.
The Supreme Court on last Friday had annulled the Calcutta High Court’s June 9 order refusing to take on record the reply-affidavits Mamata Banerjee and Moloy Ghatak for their role on the day of the arrest of four Trinamool Congress leaders on May 17 by the CBI in the Narada scam case.
The apex court directed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Law Minister Malay Ghatak to file applications for fresh affidavits in the Calcutta High Court on or before June 28. The Supreme Court also ordered the High Court to record the affidavits.
Following the order, the Chief Minister and Law Minister filed fresh applications to file affidavits in the High Court on Monday. The case will be heard by a larger bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday.
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The CBI had made Mamata Banerjee and Moloy Ghatak parties to the Narada case, claiming they had influenced the agency’s operation and the CBI court’s verdict by visiting the Nizam Palace office in Kolkata when three TMC leaders were arrested.
On May 17, Ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former mayor of Kolkata Sovan Chatterjee were arrested by the CBI, which is investigating the Narada sting tape case.
The Calcutta High Court on June 9 refused to accept the reply-affidavits of Mamata Banerjee and Moloy Ghatak. The court was urged by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the affidavits cannot be accepted on the ground of delay as they were filed after the completion of his arguments.
(With PTI inputs)
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Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mamata-banerjee-files-fresh-application-for-narada-case-affidavits-in-calcutta-high-court-1820298-2021-06-28
