"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.

The Supreme Court reprimanded the Central Bureau of Investigation for making scandalous allegations against West Bengal courts in its plea to transfer post-poll violence cases outside the state. The court criticized CBI for suggesting a hostile environment in all West Bengal courts,

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.

The CBI had filed the petition in December 2023 seeking directions to transfer the cases outside of West Bengal. (Image: PTI)

The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked the Central Bureau of Investigation over the wording of a plea asking that cases related to violence after the 2021 Bengal election be heard outside the state.

The bench of justices Abhay Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal observed that the agency cannot cast aspersions on the entire judiciary in West Bengal.