Calcutta High Court orders CBI to investigate serious crimes of alleged murder, rape and sexual assault while SIT will probe other cases, both agencies to submit report in 6 weeks.
The decision to form a panel, with retired judges as its members, was taken at a special cabinet meeting chaired by the West Bengal chief minister during the day.
The BJP MLA also sought an order quashing FIRs registered against him by the West Bengal police alleging those were 'false claims' that subjected him to 'political vendetta'.
The NHRC report states that the situation in Bengal is manifestation of 'Law of Ruler', not 'Rule of Law'. It recommends that probe for murder & rape be handed over to the CBI.
Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya says the power of assignment of matters 'cannot be exercised at the whims of the RG (Registrar General) or even the Acting Chief Justice'.
Banerjee has moved the high court claiming that the judge assigned to hear her petition against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari may not get her justice due to his alleged BJP links.
The plea sought a recall of the order passed over PILs alleging displacement of people, physical assault, destruction of property and ransacking of businesses after Bengal polls.
The high court also directed the 4 TMC leaders — ministers Subrata Mukherjee & Firhad Hakim, MLA Madan Mitra and ex-mayor Sovan Chatterjee — to furnish bail bonds of Rs 2 lakh each.
Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
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