SC asks if ED is arguing 'failure of constitutional machinery' in WB by claiming rule of law breach

The Supreme Court connected Thursday (April 23, 2026) asked whether the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was making a lawsuit of “breakdown of law machinery” successful West Bengal, momentarily pausing the Central agency’s rejoinder against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, elder State constabulary officers and bureaucrats for allegedly violating the regularisation of instrumentality to “barge” into an ongoing raid astatine the I-PAC premises successful Kolkata and leaving with worldly said to beryllium incriminating successful a ember smuggling case.

“We anticipation you are not arguing ‘breakdown of law machinery’ successful the discourse of the contention you are raising,” Justice N.V. Anjaria, a subordinate of the Division Bench headed by Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED.