The Supreme Court of India questioned if the Enforcement Directorate was alleging a breakdown of constitutional machinery in West Bengal over the Kolkata I-PAC raid involving Mamata Banerjee. “We hope you are not arguing ‘breakdown of constitutional machinery’,” Justice N. V. Anjaria told SG Tushar Mehta during the hearing.
West Bengal has told the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate’s own records show the I-PAC searches were conducted peacefully without police interference. The State also argued that ED’s Article 32 plea is not maintainable as a government agency cannot claim violation of fundamental rights.