How can you cast aspersions on entire judiciary.You are showing as if there is a hostile environment in whole West Bengal, says top court.

The CBI had filed the petition in December 2023 seeking directions to transfer the cases outside of West Bengal due to alleged concerns of witness intimidation.

The Supreme Court on Friday slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for its plea seeking the transfer of multiple cases related to the 2021 post-poll violence outside West Bengal.   The bench of justices Abhay Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said that the agency cannot cast aspersions on the entire judiciary in West Bengal.

The top court recorded in its order, "Scandalous allegations have been made against all the courts in general in West Bengal. It has been repeatedly averred that there is a hostile environment prevailing in the courts.

The Supreme Court on Friday rapped the CBI over its plea seeking transfer of cases relating to the 2021 post-post violence cases outside West Bengal.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rapped the CBI over its plea seeking transfer of cases relating to the 2021 post-post violence cases outside West Bengal. A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said the agency cannot cast aspersions on the entire judiciary in West Bengal.

The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked the Central Bureau of Investigation over the wording of a plea asking that cases related to violence after the 2021 Bengal election be heard outside the state.

The Supreme Court reprimanded the CBI for its request to move post-poll violence cases from West Bengal, instructing it to withdraw the petition. The court found the accusations of hostility towards courts in the state to be scandalous.