NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Central agency’s recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).
As per the cause list published on the apex court’s website, the matter is listed for hearing on February 18 before a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and K. V. Viswanathan.
The hearing was adjourned last week following a request made due to the ill health of senior advocate Kapil Sibal. During the brief hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the ED, informed the apex court that he had been apprised about Sibal’s inability to appear.
“I can’t oppose on this ground. If it can be kept on 18th February, ” the Centre’s second-highest law officer submitted.