The CM, Law Minister, and the West Bengal government had appealed against the Calcutta High Court’s refusal to immediately consider their affidavits countering allegations about their role on the day of arrest of four TMC leaders by the CBI.
Supreme Court judge Justice Aniruddha Bose on June 22 recused himself from hearing appeals filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Law Minister Moloy Ghatak and the West Bengal government against the Calcutta High Court’s refusal to immediately consider their affidavits countering allegations about their role on the day of the arrest of four TMC leaders by the CBI in the Narada sting tape case.
Following Justice Bose’s decision, the Bench headed by Justice Hemant Gupta ordered the petitions to be placed before another Bench. The court gave the petitioners liberty to seek an early listing of the case.
Justice Bose was formerly a judge in the Calcutta High Court.
On June 18, another former Calcutta HC judge, Justice Indira…
