ED Plea In Calcutta High Court Against Mamata Banerjee : Live Updates

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14 Jan 2026 2:42 PM IST

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The Calcutta HighCourt is heading the plea by the ED alleging interference by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during raids at the offices of the I-PAC pertaining to a 2020 coal scam.

The agency alleges that the CM took away important documents while the raid was ongoing.

The Trinamool Congress has also filed a plea stating that the ED took away election-related documents from the offices of the poll consultants who are advising the state's ruling party on strategy for the upcoming Bengal assembly elections.

A bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh is hearing the matter. Follow this page for live updates.

Live Updates

14 Jan 2026 3:13 PM IST
ASG: every second my mic is being muted
Court: let me hear the UoI
ASG: I am the union lawyer…I am the ASG, I can represent the union of India. Every second my mic is being muted. This is a very sorry state of affairs. Somebody is playing mischief and muting me.
14 Jan 2026 3:13 PM IST
ASG: how can she say we are bullying…let me place on record the petitions filed before the SC
Sr Adv: we only want our data to be protected. As long as data is protected, your ladyship may dispose it of
14 Jan 2026 3:12 PM IST
Sr Adv: we don’t know what the #ED has filed before the #SC. We (TMC) want our political data to be safeguarded.
In Puttaswamy, the right of privacy was protected. We are not before the SC on caveat. We request that our data be protected and not used against us.
14 Jan 2026 3:12 PM IST
ASG: i also want to place written submissions on maintainability. There’s no interim relied. What is the hurry.
ASG: if this is the manner in which the matter is being heard, your lady ship can do what she wants. i am not being heard.
ASG: you are rejecting my request…allow me to complete the submission
Sr Adv Dr Maneka Guruswamy: this is an extraordinary sign of bullying. They first conduct the raid, now they don’t want us to argue. We are not party to the ED application
14 Jan 2026 3:11 PM IST
ASG: let the matter be adjourned. The SC will
hear it. Let it be adjourned to a short date.
14 Jan 2026 2:50 PM IST
DSG: there is some audio problem…there is a relay happening.
Our contention is that we have filed an SLP before the SC.
We are asking for an adjournment on both the applications
14 Jan 2026 2:48 PM IST
Bench: Insofar as the ED matter is concerned, the prayers before the SC are almost identical.
ASG SV Raju: we have filed two matters before the #SC wherein we have made same prayers
DSG: many people have logged in and key audio on.
14 Jan 2026 2:48 PM IST
Hearing begins.
DSG: CBI and union of India isn’t being allowed to come in
Advocate General isn’t being allowed to enter.
CBI and UoI must be allowed milord.

ED Plea In Calcutta High Court Against Mamata Banerjee : Live Updates

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Live Updates

ASG: every second my mic is being muted Court: let me hear the UoI ASG: I am the union lawyer…I am the ASG, I can represent the union of India. Every second my mic is being muted. This is a very sorry state of affairs. Somebody is playing mischief and muting me.

ASG: how can she say we are bullying…let me place on record the petitions filed before the SC Sr Adv: we only want our data to be protected. As long as data is protected, your ladyship may dispose it of

Sr Adv: we don’t know what the #ED has filed before the #SC. We (TMC) want our political data to be safeguarded. In Puttaswamy, the right of privacy was protected. We are not before the SC on caveat. We request that our data be protected and not used against us.

ASG: let the matter be adjourned. The SC will hear it. Let it be adjourned to a short date.

DSG: there is some audio problem…there is a relay happening. Our contention is that we have filed an SLP before the SC. We are asking for an adjournment on both the applications

Bench: Insofar as the ED matter is concerned, the prayers before the SC are almost identical. ASG SV Raju: we have filed two matters before the #SC wherein we have made same prayers DSG: many people have logged in and key audio on.

Hearing begins. DSG: CBI and union of India isn’t being allowed to come in Advocate General isn’t being allowed to enter. CBI and UoI must be allowed milord.

ASG: every second my mic is being muted
Court: let me hear the UoI
ASG: I am the union lawyer…I am the ASG, I can represent the union of India. Every second my mic is being muted. This is a very sorry state of affairs. Somebody is playing mischief and muting me.

ASG: how can she say we are bullying…let me place on record the petitions filed before the SC
Sr Adv: we only want our data to be protected. As long as data is protected, your ladyship may dispose it of

Sr Adv: we don’t know what the #ED has filed before the #SC. We (TMC) want our political data to be safeguarded.
In Puttaswamy, the right of privacy was protected. We are not before the SC on caveat. We request that our data be protected and not used against us.

ASG: let the matter be adjourned. The SC will
hear it. Let it be adjourned to a short date.

DSG: there is some audio problem…there is a relay happening.
Our contention is that we have filed an SLP before the SC.
We are asking for an adjournment on both the applications

Bench: Insofar as the ED matter is concerned, the prayers before the SC are almost identical.
ASG SV Raju: we have filed two matters before the #SC wherein we have made same prayers
DSG: many people have logged in and key audio on.

Hearing begins.
DSG: CBI and union of India isn’t being allowed to come in
Advocate General isn’t being allowed to enter.
CBI and UoI must be allowed milord.