The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Delhi High Court against the notices issued to its officers by the West Bengal Police in a case registered against a news channel by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee.
The central agency said Banerjee had lodged the case at Kalighat police station to pressure ED officers who are probing a case related to illegal coal mining during the investigation of which he was also summoned in July and August.
Justice Yogesh Khanna on Tuesday said that the case will be heard on September 21. While Additional Solicitor General S V Raju represented the ED and three Assistant Directors to whom the notices have been issued by West Bengal Police, Senior Advocate Siddharth Luhtra represented the state government.
