NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday in its order refused to entertain its plea challenging Calcutta High Court’s order of directing a CBI investigation into the allegations of land grabbing and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali.”Why is the state trying to protect somebody?,” said, a two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice B R Gavai and K V Vishwanathan, and refused to entertain the WB govt’s appeal.The apex court, however, clarified that the observations made by the Calcutta High Court would not affect the trial court proceedings and future remedies available in the law.During the course of the hearing on Monday, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the West Bengal government, submitted to the Supreme Court that 42 charge sheets were filed by the state police, and women police personnel were deployed over there.Questioning the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the CBI probe into these 42 FIRs, Singhvi said that the issue should not be blown out of proportion for political reasons.After hearing this, the top court asked him, “You don’t act or do anything for months?”West Bengal government had on April 26 moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court’s April 10 order directing a thorough CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe into the allegations of land grabbing & sexual assault in Sandeshkhali.The Calcutta High Court in its order on April 10 had given a strong blow to the Mamata government and had decided to order the CBI to conduct a thorough investigation into the Sandeshkhali case. It had said that the investigation would be monitored by itself.
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