The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife-Rujira Banerjee’s pleas challenging Enforcement Directorate’s summons in connection to a school jobs scam case. The husband and wife claimed Kolkata to be their ordinary place of residence, and thus challenged the ED summons as they required attendance at New Delhi.
A bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma pronounced the verdict today. The bench had reserved the judgment on August 13.
Banerjee had contended that the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) should apply on the summons, since the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002 does not specifically provide any procedure in this regard.
They moved court arguing that they can be asked to appear only in Kolkata as the offence is alleged to have taken place there and not in New Delhi.