New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday moved the West Bengal government’s plea challenging the division bench’s decision to dismiss the appeal against a single bench order of the Calcutta High Court staying criminal proceedings against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Shubhendu Adhikari in three cases. rejected. The top court said the order of the single bench of the high court has already been challenged before it and it had passed the order on December 13 last year considering the merits.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna told senior advocate Maneka Guruswamy, appearing for the West Bengal government, that when all submissions have been made before the Supreme Court, a ‘letter’ before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court. Where does the question of filing a patent appeal arise?
“We had heard in detail the order of September 6 last year against the same order of the single bench of the Calcutta High Court and disposed of the matter,” the bench said. Now we cannot see this issue again and again. Sorry, we can’t think about it.”
Guruswamy said that on December 13 last year, the apex court had not expressed any opinion on the merits and demerits. He said that a similar matter is pending in the apex court and hence can issue a notice on it and associate it with that case. The bench said that the West Bengal government is already before the court in this matter and hence it would not like to add to the matter.
A single bench of the High Court on September 6 last year granted interim relief to the officer against the summons issued by the CID of the state police in connection with the investigation into the death of the officer’s bodyguard. The top court had on December 13 last year refused to interfere with the September 6 order of the high court.(Agency)