High Court Stays Notices Issued To Probe Agency Officers By Bengal Police
NDTV
The Enforcement Directorate has alleged that West Bengal Police is acting at the behest of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who "enjoys clout" in the state government, to derail the probe into an alleged coal pilferage scam.
The Delhi High Court has stayed the two notices issued to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) officers by the West Bengal Police, in accordance with an FIR lodged by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee.
The court said there was no merit in the preliminary objection raised by the police on the maintainability of the petition filed by the ED and its three officers.
"It is necessary to consider the question of interim relief. It is a settled proposition of law that the three conditions are required to be established for grant of any interim relief: a strong prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable injury to the petitioner. In view of the discussions hereinabove, I find that the present case is a fit case for grant of ad-interim relief.
"Therefore, in view of the same, the operation of the notices dated July 22, 2021 and August 21, 2021 passed qua the petitioners in FIR dated April 5, 2021 registered by the respondents is stayed till further orders," Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar said, in the order which was passed on December 7 and made available on Saturday.
