The Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali village on February 19.
A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih said the Calcutta High Court is already seized of the matter. "The local High Court will be the best to assess the situation. Let there be no dual forums," the bench said while granting liberty to the PIL petitioner to approach the High Court.
As the hearing began, petitioner-lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava said disturbing incidents have come to light where several women have claimed they have been raped.
