Kolkata: Observing that “time has not come” for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Saradha chit fund scam, the Calcutta High Court yesterday refused to accept a plea in this regard but said it will consider it after fully hearing the matter.
A bench of Justices A K Banerjee and M K Chowdhury, which yesterday started hearing afresh a set of public interest litigations seeking a CBI probe into the scam, said it will hear the matter on June 5, when the court reopens after the summer vacations (beginning today).
“As regards the question of CBI probe into the scam, we feel time has not come. We will have to consider the plea only after perusal of the pleadings by the respective parties,” the bench observed.
“We have not rejected the petitioner’s plea and may accept it at a later stage after hearing all the parties,” said the court adding: “We would subserve justice if we dispose off the matter without fully hearing the parties.”
Citing unavailability, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalyo Bagchi, which was hearing the matter earlier, had on Wednesday assigned this bench to hear the matter.
Pressing for a CBI probe, the petitioners had contended that the state government was incapable of probing the matter, which affected almost the entire country.
IANS
