The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 22 June, deferred the hearing of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s plea – moved after the Calcutta High Court denied her permission to file an affidavit in the Narada bribery case – to Friday, 25 June.
Banerjee had been made a party in the case over her role on 17 May, when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested four Trinamool Congress leaders in connection with the case, reported news agency ANI.
West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak has also moved the apex court over the same denial by Calcutta HC.
The matter was previously scheduled to be heard in the apex court on Tuesday. However, as it was adjourned to a later date of 25 June by the court on the day, the bench also said it hoped that the Calcutta HC will not take up the matter on any date prior to Friday, as per a Bar & Bench report.