The Supreme Court reprimanded the CBI for its request to move post-poll violence cases from West Bengal, instructing it to withdraw the petition. The court found the accusations of hostility towards courts in the state to be scandalous.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rapped the CBI for making "scandalous allegations" against the courts in its plea seeking transfer of cases relating to the 2021 post-post violence cases outside West Bengal. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said the agency cannot cast aspersions on the entire judiciary in West Bengal.

How can you cast aspersions on entire judiciary.You are showing as if there is a hostile environment in whole West Bengal, says top court.

The central agency had made the comments in a case concerning incidents of violence in the state after the 2021 Assembly polls.

"How can you cast aspersions on entire judiciary.You are showing as if there is a hostile environment in whole West Bengal," the top court said.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said the agency cannot cast aspersions on the entire judiciary in West Bengal.

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the CBI for casting aspersions on all courts in West Bengal and making scandalous remarks in its plea seeking the transfer of all 2021 post-poll violence cases outside the state.

The top court recorded in its order, "Scandalous allegations have been made against all the courts in general in West Bengal. It has been repeatedly averred that there is a hostile environment prevailing in the courts.

The Supreme Court ordered the CBI to withdraw its petition to transfer post-poll violence cases from West Bengal, strongly disapproving claims of a hostile environment in the state's courts