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The Supreme Court on October 29, 2026, reserved its judgment on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged obstruction of its raids at the offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC and its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata. The ED had accused former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, then Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar, and Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma of interfering in the January 8 raids linked to a coal smuggling and money laundering investigation.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Banerjee, argued that with the change in government in West Bengal, the new administration could decide on transferring the case to the CBI without judicial intervention. The Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, noted the altered political situation but reserved its decision on whether the probe should be handed to the CBI or left to the state government, after hearing arguments from both sides.
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