SC allows Centre to withdraw forces from Darjeeling after March 8

February 21, 2018 18:58

The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to withdraw the remaining four companies of Central Armed Police Forces from West Bengal's troubled Darjeeling area after March 8, amid the state government's demand that they be kept for four more weeks.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra settled the dispute between the Centre and the state over deployment of CAPF companies in Darjeeling area which was affected by the agitation of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha .

A bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, considered Attorney General K K Venugopal's submission that the deployment of the central armed forces fell under the Centre's administrative domain and allowed it to withdraw the remaining CAPF companies.

The apex court set aside the Calcutta high court order that had restrained the Centre from withdrawing CAPF from the state's hilly regions on the ground that normalcy had not returned and said the pending case at the High Court would now stand disposed of.

-- PTI

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