Narada case: five-judge bench starts hearing case

SLP filed with Supreme Court against Calcutta High Court's earlier order.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order allowing the Narada case accused and senior leaders of Trinamool Congress to be kept under house arrest.

The CBI in its appeal sought deferment of the larger bench hearing, fixed for today before the five-Judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court. The high court in its earlier order allowed three Trinamool Congress leaders, including two ministers, accused in the Narada case, to be granted bail, and to be kept under house arrest.

The high court had referred the bail pleas of four leaders to be heard by a five-judge bench after there were differences of opinion among the judges in the two-Judge bench. The four leaders are ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, MLA Madan Mitra and former Mayor of Kolkata Sovon Chatterjee.

The five-judge bench meanwhile, rejected the plea for deferment of the hearing, and started the hearing some time back.

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