New Delhi: Taking a critical view of the timing and intent behind multiple criminal proceedings, the Calcutta High Court has quashed 15 FIRs lodged against West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, holding that many appeared “manifestly attended with mala fide” and driven by “political hostility.”

The court also ordered that the remaining investigation in four cases, including an alleged job recruitment scam, be handed over to a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising officers from both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the State Police.

In a 169-page judgment delivered last week, Justice Jay Sengupta underscored that the “barrage of cases” filed against the BJP leader after he defected from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in December 2020 raised serious doubts ab

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