Post-poll violence: Supreme Court to hear on Sept 20 West Bengal plea against Calcutta HC order directing CBI probe

The West Bengal government has challenged the Calcutta High Court order directing a court-monitored CBI probe into the heinous cases of rape and murder during the post- Assembly poll violence in the state after accepting the NHRC panel's recommendations.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (September 13) said it would hear on September 20 the West Bengal government's appeal challenging the Calcutta High Court order directing court-monitored CBI probe into the heinous cases of rape and murder during the post-poll violence in the state after accepting the 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 that has been 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?"