Supreme Court of India

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

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Reported as [2023] 10 S.C.R. 842
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) – Exe rcise of Jurisdiction u/s. 6(5) – Six FIRs were registere d 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 t hat the allegations implicate offences punishable under the Explosive Substances Act, and held that the entire investigat ion should be transferred to the National Investigation Agency with a direct ion to the Central Government to exercise their power u/s 6(5) ct of 2008 – Central Government issued notification in exercise of i ts power u/

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