The Mamata Banerjee Government, which catapulated to power because of Singur and Nandigram agitations against land acquisitions, has decided to withdraw the Nandigram case from the Supreme Court.
The Law Minister Moloy Ghatak has said that the government had believed that the case was a wrong step taken by the erstwhile Left Front government.
The apex court had later on ordered for a CBI probe into this but preferred not to issue any final order earlier this year, observing that the new government in West Bengal might not wish to follow with the case.
The case relates to the police firing by the West Bengal police in which around 14 people lost their lives on March 14, 2007, during a protest demonstration against the land acquisition. The then State government led by the Chief Minister Bhuddhadeb Bhattacharjee had challenged the High Court order for seeking CBI intervention into the case, on the plea that High Court couldn't order a CBI probe without the consent of the State government.
On December 13, 2007, the Apex Court had allowed the agency to continue with the probe as per the Calcutta High Court order.
The new Trinamool Congress-led government held some meetings so as to discuss whether the Nandigram case could be withdrawn from the Supreme Court. Finally, the State Law Minister took a call.
The state's petition on the same matterwill be filed next week before the Supreme Court Counsel, Abhijit Sengupta. Once the state withdraws the cas, it will be left to the CBI to decide on nailing the police officers responsible for the police firing.
News Reported by AR for Newsvision
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