In a major intervention in the case linked to the alleged atrocities against villagers in Sandeshkhali, the Supreme Court has paused a Parliament Committee proceedings against top officers of the West Bengal government. The court has issued notices to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar, and the Union Home Ministry, and sought their responses within four weeks. The Privileges Committee of the Parliament had ordered the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, the state Director General of Police and the local District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police and the police station in-charge to appear before it on Monday.
