West Bengal- Center files an affidavit against Mamata govt in SC

  • The Central Govt has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing the Mamata Banerjee govt of West Bengal of protecting the accused in the railway coal scam case.
  • In the Supreme Court, the Center said that the suit of the Bengal govt amounts to an abuse of the process of law, so it should be dismissed.
  • The Center said that investigation by multiple states or a central agency of a crime having a pan-India effect will not harm the federal structure.
  • In fact, the Supreme Court was hearing the original suit filed against the Center by the West Bengal government.
  • In this petition, the Mamta govt has alleged that despite the withdrawal of consent in West Bengal, the CBI is violating the federal structure of governance by registering an FIR.