ED v. Mamata Banerjee Over I-PAC Raid : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

The Supreme Court will hear today ED's petition against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over alleged interference during the search of I-PAC, the election consultant of the All India Trinamool Congress.

A Bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra & Justice Vipul Pancholi will hear the matter the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate under Article 32 of the Constitution.

ED seeks CBI investigation against Mamata & WB police officers - DGP Rajeev Kumar, Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma and South Kolkata Dy Commissioner Priyabatra Roy.

The plea follows events from last week when ED officials were conducting searches at the office of Indian Political Action Committee or I-PAC in Kolkata in connection with the coal scam money laundering probe. During the operation, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly reached the I-PAC office along with senior party leaders and confronted ED officials. The ED has also alleged that the Chief Minister took away certain files from the premises during the raid, which it claims further impeded the investigation

According to the ED, the Chief Minister's presence at the search site and the alleged removal of documents had an intimidating effect on officers and seriously compromised the agency's ability to discharge its statutory functions independently. The agency has alleged repeated obstruction and non-cooperation by the state administration. Mamata Banerjee alleged that the ED's raid was an illegal attempt to access confidential political information of the Trinamool Congress.