The The Calcutta High Court today ordered that the Narada case relating to the 

arrest of four
All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
will be heard by a larger Bench.

The Court also ordered that the TMC leaders will be kept under house arrest instead of jail, in
tune with the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in the Gautam Navlakha case.

The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijit Banerjee was hearing

the case concerning the arrest of TMC leaders Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Madan
Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee in the Narada sting case.

The two judges on the Bench disagreed with regard to prayer for grant of interim bail and
hence decided to send the matter to larger Bench. 

The order was house arrest was, therefore, passed as an ad hoc arrangement till the larger
Bench decides the matter one way or the other. 

The COVID-19 situation was also taken into account by the Bench while allowing house
arrest instead of judicial custody of the four leaders. 

The four were granted interim bail by a Special CBI Court on Monday, May 17. However,
this bail order was stayed by the High Court after a hearing conducted that same evening.

The stay was granted after the CBI sought a transfer of the case from the CBI Court, while
also citing a threat to the probe agency on the ground that TMC leader and West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and others were sitting in dharna outside the agency's office
leading to obstruction of justice and an intimidating atmosphere. 

The four leaders had then filed a recall application before the High Court seeking recall of
that stay order while also praying for interim bail.

The larger Bench will now hear these issues.