ED Plea In Calcutta High Court Against Mamata Banerjee : 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: 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

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.