Calcutta High Court Limits Entry, Orders Live-Stream for ED–TMC I-PAC Raid Case

Overview

• Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul directed that only designated counsel may attend in person, with all proceedings to be live-streamed and others joining virtually.
• The bench is set to hear on Wednesday petitions from the Enforcement Directorate and the Trinamool Congress over searches at I-PAC sites linked to director Pratik Jain.
• The ED’s filing accuses Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of interfering with its work and seeks transfer of the January 8-related probe to the CBI, naming her as a respondent.
• The TMC petition asks the court to restrain the agency from prejudice, misuse, or dissemination of data seized during the operations.
• Separately, the BJP’s West Bengal unit petitioned the High Court for permission to protest outside the high-security Nabanna secretariat, drawing public taunts from TMC leaders.