The ED had earlier approached the Calcutta HC against Mamata Banerjee, but 'disturbance' in the court had caused Justice Suvra Ghosh to defer the I-PAC case to Jan 14

The ED had earlier approached the Calcutta HC against Mamata Banerjee, but 'disturbance' in the court had caused Justice Suvra Ghosh to defer the I-PAC case to Jan 14

The ED had earlier approached the Calcutta HC against Mamata Banerjee, but 'disturbance' in the court had caused Justice Suvra Ghosh to defer the I-PAC case to Jan 14

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) moved the apex court in the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) case.

By filing a caveat, the government has ensured that no adverse order would be passed against it without it being heard first.

This comes after the ED moved the Supreme Court with an Article 32 petition, alleging that CM Banerjee was interfering with their money laundering probe into a coal pilferage scam worth crores of rupees.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the ED have been at loggerheads after Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Thursday raids at the residence of I-PAC head Pratik Jain were part of the BJP's "larger conspiracy" orchestrated with the agency ahead of the elections in the state.

CM Banerjee had also claimed on Thursday that she had "brought back" the "party's documents and hard disks" containing vital details of TMC candidates for the 2026 Assembly polls.

The ED, however, has denied these claims, stating that the raids had "no political motive", and that Jain had been included in the scope of the case due to “specific” evidence of his connection to certain hawala transactions and cash deals, as per a PTI report.

This clash spilled over into the Calcutta High Court, but “enormous disturbance and commotion” in the courtroom caused Justice Suvra Ghosh to defer the case  to January 14.

Seeing her calls to order go "on deaf ears", she had even walked out of the courtroom shortly after deferring the case.

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