11.40 am: AgustaWestland case: Delhi High Court issues notice to Enforcement Directorate (ED) on corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar’s petition challenging his deportation&claiming it to be illegal. ED has to submit a short reply by 11 Feb.
11.30 am: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee: But what they started doing? They wanted to arrest him. They went to his house, on a secret operation, on Sunday, without any notice. That court said ‘no arrest’. We are so obliged. It will strengthen the morale of the officers.
11.25 am: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on SC will direct the Police Commissioner, Kolkata to make himself available&fully cooperate: Rajeev Kumar never said he’ll not be available. He said we want to meet at mutual place,if you want to ask for any clarification, you can come & we can sit
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on SC will direct the Police Commissioner, Kolkata to make himself available&fully cooperate: Rajeev Kumar never said he’ll not be available. He said we want to meet at mutual place,if you want to ask for any clarification, you can come & we can sit pic.twitter.com/5gLZ4lBi2o
— ANI (@ANI) February 5, 2019
11.20 am: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on SC order that no coercive steps would be taken against Rajeev Kumar: It’s a moral victory. We have great respect for judiciary&all institutions. We are so grateful. We’re so obliged.
11.10 am: Nalin Kohli, senior lawyer & BJP leader: CJI bench ordered that Rajeev Kumar would make himself available in the light of prayer of the application of CBI to join the investigation, make himself available & cooperate fully. The SC pointed out that no coercive steps would be taken. Nalin Kohli, sr lawyer & BJP leader on contempt plea: It has also been made clear by SC in its order that personal appearance, after filing of replies, of concerned officers may be required&it’ll be communicated by Secy General of SC on 19 Feb,if such appearance is required on 20.
11.04 am: Hearing in SC on West Bengal CBI matter: Next day of hearing is February 20.
11.02 am: The Police Commissioner of Kolkata Rajeev Kumar will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Shillong, Meghalaya as a neutral place.
11.00 am: Hearing in SC on West Bengal CBI matter: Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for WB govt says “It’s an attempt to humiliate&score point.What’s the great urgency? For 5 yrs there was no FIR. There is not a single FIR against Rajeev Kumar under 201 (Destruction of evidence) of the IPC.
10.55 am: Hearing in West Bengal CBI matter: Supreme Court issues notice to Commissioner Of Police Kolkata, DGP and West Bengal govt on contempt plea.
10.50 am: Hearing in SC on West Bengal CBI matter: We will direct the Police Commissioner to make himself available and fully cooperate. We will deal with contempt petition later, observed CJI.
10.45 am: Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was heading SIT set up by West Bengal govt to probe chit fund scam: Attorney general
10.45 am: Attorney general says Kolkata Police had provided doctored call data records.
10.43 am: Attorney General K K Venugopal opens argument on behalf of CBI, alleges destruction of evidence in Saradha chitfund scam case.
10.40 am: CBI vs Mamata: SC commences hearing on pleas of probe agency in Saradha chit fund scam case.
10.40 am: Affidavit also states,return of crucial evidence to main accused by the SIT, despite regular monitoring by HC, clearly show connivance of SIT to a larger conspiracy wherein local authorities obstructed probe&attempted to destroy evidence prior to transfer of the case to CBI by SC.
Affidavit also states,return of crucial evidence to main accused by the SIT, despite regular monitoring by HC, clearly show connivance of SIT to a larger conspiracy wherein local authorities obstructed probe&attempted to destroy evidence prior to transfer of the case to CBI by SC https://t.co/Vy85hMia1f
— ANI (@ANI) February 5, 2019
10.30 am: West Bengal CBI matter: CBI files affidavit in the Supreme Court alleging there are several incriminating material/correspondence that was collected during the investigation by the CBI against the senior police officials as well as senior politicians.
10.20 am: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will be going to West Bengal today to meet WB CM Mamata Banerjee.
10.00 am: Siddaramaiah: I support it, Mamata Banerjee did the right thing. She’ll face court later but nobody should misuse ED, IT or any agency.Narendra Modi is creating anarchy. Can anybody raid your house?They have rights to work as per law.They didn’t have any order or warrant.
Siddaramaiah: I support it, Mamata Banerjee did the right thing. She’ll face court later but nobody should misuse ED, IT or any agency.Narendra Modi is creating anarchy. Can anybody raid your house?They have rights to work as per law.They didn’t have any order or warrant. (04.02) https://t.co/g3UVZg4oYZ
— ANI (@ANI) February 5, 2019
9.30 am: Deputy Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly&BJP MLA Michael Lobo: The day Manohar Parrikar steps down or something happens to him, a political crisis will strike the incumbent BJP-led coalition govt. As long as he is the Chief Minister of Goa, there is no crisis.