Chief Minister walking into an ongoing ED raid is not a Centre-State dispute, Supreme Court says

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 22, 2026) said West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s conduct of “walking into the midst” of an ongoing Directorate of Enforcement (ED) raid at I-PAC premises in Kolkata in January cannot translate to a Centre-State dispute.

A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria was responding to an argument made by the West Bengal government side, represented by senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, that the writ petition filed by the ED in the apex court for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation against Ms. Banerjee, senior police and State officials who accompanied her.

Published - April 22, 2026 05:12 pm IST