ED Cites WhatsApp Chats Alleging TMC Role in Calcutta High Court Chaos

• The ED presented WhatsApp chats from a group named "Legal Minds" to the Supreme Court, alleging TMC legal cell's involvement in disrupting a Calcutta High Court hearing.
• Messages in the group called for members to gather at Court No. 5 for the ED vs I-Pac case hearing and later join CM Mamata Banerjee's procession.
• The Calcutta High Court hearing on January 9 was disrupted by lawyers crowding the courtroom, leading Justice Suvra Ghosh to adjourn the proceedings.
• The ED's petition seeks a CBI probe against CM Mamata Banerjee, alleging interference in the coal scam investigation during I-Pac office searches.
• Following the disruption, the Calcutta High Court issued an advisory restricting courtroom entry to only relevant legal counsel for future hearings.

Why It Matters: ED alleges TMC legal cell orchestrated Calcutta High Court chaos using WhatsApp chats, seeking CBI probe against CM.