The Supreme Court on Friday rapped the CBI for making “scandalous allegations” against the courts in its plea seeking transfer of cases relating to the 2021 post-poll 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.
“Mr Raju what kind of grounds are taken in this? How can you cast aspersions on entire judiciary.You are showing as if there is a hostile environment in whole West Bengal.
“Your officers may not like the judicial officer or a particular state but don’t say that the entire judiciary is not functioning. The judges the district judges and civil judges and sessions judges can’t come here and defend themselves,” the bench told Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the CBI.
Defending the averments in the petition, the law officer told the apex court that there is no intention to cast aspersions and it is a case of loose drafting.