ED v. Mamata Banerjee: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on allegations that she interfered with the agency's search operations at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and its co-founder, Pratik Jain.

The ED has also sought the return of documents it claims were taken away by the Chief Minister after she obstructed their raids.

A Bench of Justices PK Mishra and Vipul Pancholi is hearing the matter.

A similar plea by the ED was first filed before the Calcutta High Court, which was unable to hear it when it was listed earlier on January 9 due to heavy crowding and commotion in the courtroom.

Yesterday, the High Court adjourned this plea on the ED's request after its counsel, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju told the Court that a similar plea is now pending before the top court.

Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) also filed a petition before the High Court, seeking the protection of sensitive and confidential political data that it claimed was seized by the ED during the I-PAC raids.

This plea by the TMC was closed by the High Court yesterday after it recorded the ED's assurance that no such data has been seized.

Live updates from the hearing at Supreme Court feature on this page.