Won't Allow Political Arguments During Hearing: Court Tells Bengal, Centre

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not allow either the Centre or the West Bengal government to raise any political issue during the arguments on the state’s lawsuit which alleged that the CBI is going ahead with its investigations despite withdrawal of general consent by the state. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta said it was only deciding a legal issue and the court will not permit either of the parties to make political arguments. The bench reserved its verdict on the maintainability of the suit filed by the state government.