Supreme Court to hear ED plea on May 22 alleging obstruction during I-PAC raid

PTI, May 13, 2026, New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear on May 22 the ED's plea alleging obstruction by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other state authorities during its January 8 search of the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata.

The matter came up for hearing before a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N. V. Anjaria.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested the bench to keep the matter for hearing next week.

The bench observed that the matter may be listed in July after the partial court working days.

“Let it be listed next week. This was substantially argued,” the top law officer said.

The apex court then posted the matter on May 22.

In the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP secured a historic win with 207 seats in the 294-member House, ending the 15-year rule of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.

Alleging complete breakdown of law and order in West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate on April 23 claimed in the apex court that Mamata used the state machinery to obstruct its money laundering probe against the I-PAC office in Kolkata.

The ED alleged that the then Chief Minister, accompanied by a large police contingent, personally intervened to halt the search and seize evidence collected by federal agency officers.

While hearing arguments in the matter on April 22, the apex court observed that democracy is put in peril if a Chief Minister intervenes in a probe.

The ED is seeking a direction to transfer the investigation into the alleged obstruction and the “retaliatory” FIRs to the Central Bureau of Investigation, saying that an independent agency is required to investigate the conduct of Banerjee and the state's top police brass.

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