During the hearing, the bench posed several questions to senior advocate Jaideep Gupta, representing the West Bengal police, as to why suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh was not promptly arrested after the January 5 attack and why was there a delay in the investigation of the case.Raju contended if the investigation was not handed over to the CBI, the probe by the state police will be a farce.On March 6, the West Bengal government had approached the top court seeking urgent listing of its petition challenging the high court order, but failed to elicit prompt relief.The state government, in its plea before the apex court, dubbed the high court order as perverse, illegal, and arbitrary which deserves to be set aside
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Judges must exercise restraint while pronouncing verdict: Ex-CJI B R Gavai
Gavai said that social media became a “menace” when judges said a few words, which were blown out…
