Abhishek Banerjee
Coal scam case: No urgent hearing on Abhishek Banerjee's plea, says SC
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to give an urgent hearing on a plea filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee against an Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons issued to them to appear in Delhi.
A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said he will look into the matter but didn't fix a date to hear the matter.
The 34-year-old MP, a nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had moved the Supreme Court challenging the summons from the ED.
Banerjee is being probed for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal scam.
Speaking on the case, Banerjee after recent quizzing by the ED cried foul accusing the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is opposed to West Bengal's ruling party TMC, of vendetta politics.
He said, "We will not cow down before the BJP who are doing this for vendetta because people in Bengal have rejected them. I had challenged the ED’s jurisdiction in August last year before the Delhi HC… The court heard the petition for four months and then kept its judgment reserved for another three months.
"Then a day after the BJP won the state elections, the court suddenly dismissed my petition… That cannot be a coincidence. I have my option open to move the SC and I have faith in the judiciary."
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