Post-Poll Violence Probe: Top Court To Hear Bengal's Plea Against High Court Order On Sep 20

Bengal in its petition alleged that it did not expect fair and just investigation by the central agency which is busy foisting cases against functionaries of the ruling Trinamool.

The Supreme Court today said it will hear on September 20 West Bengal government's appeal challenging the Calcutta High Court order directing a court-monitored CBI probe into the alleged cases of rape and murder in the post-poll violence after accepting an NHRC panel's recommendations. A bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose deferred the matter to go through a chart submitted by the state government. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the state government, pointed to the members of the committee formed to investigate the incidents and said, "Can you imagine these people have been appointed to collect the data? Is this a BJP investigating committee, my Lords?" He further said that for cases like rape and murder there is the CBI and for other events, there is a Special Investigative Team (SIT).