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Narada sting case: Second Supreme Court Judge recuses from hearing plea of West Bengal

Justice Aniruddha Bose of the Supreme Court on Tuesday recused from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s petition in Narada scam.

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New Delhi, First Published Jun 23, 2021, 11:37 AM IST

New Delhi: A second Supreme Court Judge has dropped out of a case involving West Bengal in two weeks. Justice Aniruddha Bose, who is from Kolkata, today withdrew from a case involving Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's petition in the Narada bribery case, saying: "I do not want to hear this case."

The petitions were listed before a vacation bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.

On June 18, Justice Indira Banerjee, who started her career as a Judge in the Calcutta high court in February 2002, recused from hearing petitions which had sought a probe by court-monitored SIT/CBI into the widespread post-poll violence in the state, allegedly against BJP workers. Several women have also petitioned the SC alleging gangrape by TMC workers after the May 2 declaration of results giving TMC landslide victory.

On Tuesday, a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Justice Aniruddha Bose was assigned to hear petitions by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and state law minister Moloy Ghatak, both who have challenged the Calcutta HC's refusal to take their affidavits rebutting CBI's claim that both had held dharnas with TMC workers at CBI office and trial court respectively, to impede production of TMC leaders, arrested in connection with Narada scam, before the trial court and prejudice the trial judge. The arrested accused were produced through virtual hearing and were granted on May 17. Like Justice Banerjee, Justice Bose too had started his career as a Judge from the Calcutta HC in January 2004.

The Chief Minister and Law Minister wanted to file affidavits to present their version on the CBI's request to shift the Narada case out of Bengal on grounds of pressure from the state government.

But the High Court said they both took the calculated risk of not filing affidavits at the right time, "now they cannot be allowed to file the affidavits at their own whims and fancies."

The Calcutta High Court is hearing the CBI’s application for transfer of the Narada sting tape case from the special CBI court to the HC.

On June 9, a five-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court had said it would decide later on considering the affidavits by Banerjee and Ghatak on their respective roles on the day of the arrest of four leaders in connection with the case.

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