After Narada Order That Divided Judges, Larger High Court Bench Announced

Narada case: Two judges of the division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday. could not agree on interim bail for the four leaders arrested.

A larger bench of the Calcutta High Court will take up the case involving the arrests in the Narada bribery case on Monday after all four Bengal politicians - including two ministers - were sent to house arrest after two judges of the division bench could not agree on interim bail for them. Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, and Justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Arijit Banerjee will comprise the bench which will take up the Narada scandal related case at 11 am. Earlier in the day, after a courtroom drama to rival the best on the silver screen, two of Mamata Banerjee's senior ministers and two other political heavyweights, arrested and jailed in the Narada bribery case, were put under house arrest. Rejecting the CBI's plea against the house arrest order, the court also allowed the ministers to access files and hold video conferences to deal with the coronavirus crisis in the state.