The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Calcutta High Court order for a CBI probe in the alleged attack on Union Minister Nisith Pramanik’s convoy during a visit to his constituency in West Bengal in February and directed fresh adjudication of the PIL filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on the issue.
The top court also rejected the vehement submissions of Adhikari, the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, for a “status quo” on the probe into the incident by the state police which, otherwise, will proceed with a “lightening speed” in view of the fact that they have not given the case files to the CBI as directed by the high court. “No we cannot pass such an order,” a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J P Pardiwala said.
The top court referred to the fresh affidavit filed by the West Bengal police before it with regard to the actions taken so far in the incident and set aside the high court judgement ordering a CBI probe, saying the “the High Court has not noticed any of the facets”.