Adding a brand new twist to the face-off between Bengal police and the CBI over the custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the Calcutta High Court in the present day set a brand new deadline for the Bengal cops handy him over to the central company.
A bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has now requested Bengal police handy over Shahjahan’s custody to CBI by 4.15 pm in the present day.
The excessive court docket had yesterday requested Bengal police handy over the expelled Trinamool Congress chief to the CBI by 4,30 pm. The Mamata Banerjee authorities challenged the ruling within the Supreme Court. When a CBI workforce reached to take Shahjahan’s custody yesterday, it was advised that the matter is earlier than the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, nevertheless, turned down the Bengal authorities’s request for an pressing listening to.
The state authorities has stated that the excessive court docket order is in opposition to the idea of federalism. Appearing for the Bengal authorities, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated, “Urgency is that they wanted overnight compliance in an interim order.” A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna has now requested the state authorities to lift the matter earlier than Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for itemizing of the petition.
The excessive court docket in the present day famous that it’s severe in regards to the implementation of its order. “The Supreme Court has not ordered a stay. So Shahjahan must be handed over to the CBI by 4.15 pm today,” it stated.
The excessive court docket additionally issued a discover of contempt and requested the Criminal Investigation Department of Bengal police to file an affidavit inside two weeks.
Sheikh Shahjahan is on the centre of the political storm surrounding Sandeshkhali island in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. Residents of the island have accused Shahjahan and his aides of harassment, land seize and extortion.
The strongman first made headlines in January when an Enforcement Directorate workforce got here beneath a mob assault throughout a raid on his properties. He was then on the run for 52 days earlier than Bengal police arrested him. The BJP, which has been accusing the Trinamool Congress of defending the strongman and has harassed that solely a probe by the central businesses would guarantee justice for the folks of Sandeshkhali.
The Trinamool has expelled Shahjahan for six years. Hitting again on the BJP cost, it has questioned why the central businesses couldn’t arrest the strongman for therefore lengthy.