Supreme Court of India

The State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Suvendu Adhikari & Ors.

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 24 July 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we affirm the judgment of the High Court.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

National Investigating Agency Act, 2008 – s.6(5) – Exercise of Jurisdiction u/s. 6(5) – Six FIRs were registered between 30.03.2023 to 03.04.2023 in relation to different incidents – Acting on a Public Interest Litigation, High Court by its order held that the allegations implicate offences punishable under the Explosive Substances Act, and held that the entire investigation should be transferred to the National Investigation Agency with a direction to the Central Government to exercise their power u/s 6(5) Act of 2008 – Central Government issued notification in exercise of its power u/ s.

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