Calcutta HC refers Narada case to larger bench, accused to stay under house arrest
The Hindu
While Justice Banerjee was in favour of granting interim bail Acting Chief Justice differed on the matter.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday referred the Narada case to a larger bench and directed that four leaders arrested in the case be put under house arrest instead of judicial custody. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijit Banerjee directed that the matter be heard before a larger bench since one of the Judges thought it was fit to grant to grant interim bail to the four arrested while the other did not. The accused will be under house arrest as per the recent Supreme Court order in Gautam Navlakha case, the court pointed out. While Justice Banerjee was in favour of granting interim bail Acting Chief Justice differed on the matter. Four leaders including two Ministers in the West Bengal government Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, MLA Madan Mitra and former Minister Sovan Chatterjee were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with Narada sting videos on Monday. The four leaders have been in judicial custody since then.More Related News