Calcutta High Court tears into Mamata Banerjee for the collapse of legislation and order because it rejects bail pleas for arrested TMC leaders

Calcutta High Court has landed a good slap on the face of Mamata Banerjee with a keep on the bail granted to 2 TMC leaders by the CBI particular courtroom. The High Court argued that after the “dharna” by TMC leaders together with CM Mamata Banerjee exterior the CBI workplace, the karyakartas of TMC additionally pelted stones on the CBI workplace. And, this stuff didn’t go nicely with the High Court.“In our opinion aforesaid facts are sufficient to take cognizance of the present matter with reference to the request of the learned Solicitor General of India for examination of the issue regarding transfer of the trial. We are not touching the merits of the controversy but the manner in which pressure was sought to be put will not inspire confidence of the people in the rule of law. As during the period when the arguments were heard, the order was passed by the Court below, we deem it appropriate to stay that order and direct that the accused person shall be treated to be in judicial custody till further orders,” mentioned Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and comprising Justice Arijit Banerjee.Previously, the CBI had arrested two Ministers – Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim, Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee – and Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra within the Narada bribery case. Besides these leaders, former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee was additionally arrested by the investigative company. However, the arrest of essentially the most distinguished Muslim face of TMC and its different influential leaders has left Mamata Banerjee rattled.Upon listening to the information of the arrest, Mamata Banerjee and different TMC leaders rushed to the CBI workplace. The arrest of those corrupt leaders has damage Mamata Banerjee badly as a result of these leaders allegedly took care of the celebration’s funds by varied authorized and unlawful actions.All of the aforementioned leaders had been ministers through the time of the alleged fee of the crime that got here to mild within the purported Narada sting tapes. Three of those leaders had been ministers in Mamata’s West Bengal cabinet on the time, whereas Madan Mitra was the Sports and Transport Minister between 2011 and 2015.Just to jog the reminiscence of the readers a bit, the sting tapes had been made public earlier than the 2016 meeting elections in West Bengal, and had been claimed to have been shot in 2014. The footage of those sting operations confirmed 12 TMC leaders and ministers accepting bribes. Some fictitious corporations had been allegedly set as much as facilitate financial transactions to the TMC leaders to realize the Bengal authorities favour.Among the leaders caught on digicam had been Subrata Mukherjee, Sovan Chatterjee, Madan Mitra and Firhad Hakim. Thereafter, the Calcutta HC ordered a preliminary probe by the CBI in March of 2017. Last yr, TMC MP Aparupa Poddar submitted paperwork to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in reference to the Narada Sting Tapes rip-off by which she was additionally one of many accused.No one can deny that the menace of Ponzi schemes group and syndicate raj flourished beneath the Mamata authorities. It additionally explains why she is so rattled with the CBI investigation within the Narada Sting Tape case, by which a few of her hottest celebration faces had been concerned. However, due to Mamata’s assist to those leaders, Calcutta High Court needed to put a keep on the bail granted to them, and they’d not be joyful together with her strategy.