Supreme Court says West Bengal's suit challenging CBI registering FIRs maintainable

However, a Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan said West Bengal’s suit raises important questions on the wider ramifications regarding federalism.

West Bengal had blamed the Centre of employing the CBI regardless of the fact that the State had withdrawn its general consent to CBI investigations within its territory under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946 way back in November 2018.

The Bench scheduled the suit for framing of issues on August 13. The Supreme Court would now decide the suit on its merits.