New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on Rhea Chakraborty's plea seeking transfer of cases regarding Sushant Singh Rajput's death from Bihar to Mumbai.
A single-judge bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy also allowed all parties in the case to file written submissions by Thursday.
The central government emphasised on the need of a fair, truth-eliciting CBI investigation in the matter.
Maharashtra contended that Bihar had no jurisdiction over the case that it transferred the CBI.
"Sushant's father lives in Bihar, sister lives in Chandigarh and only the Supreme Court can rule on extraordinary circumstances requiring to transfer the investigation," senior Advocate AM Singhvi appearing for Maharashtra government said.
He also said that the father did not file any complaint with Maharashtra Police.
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"You may have screaming headlines, screaming anchors, comments from everywhere but that does not change the law," submitted Singhvi.
Bihar contended that Mumbai police have not been cooperating and it has not filed an FIR in the case yet.
It also accused Maharashtra's CM's son to be involved in the matter.
It also said that 15 crores were missing from Sushant's bank account and therefore his father had the right to register the FIR.
Sushant's father submitted before the Court that nobody saw the body hanging, he was kept distant from his family earlier despite him trying to enquire about the situation.
Rhea's counsel said that she would like the plea to be transferred adding that CBI should not be allowed to investigate the case right now.
Rhea had filed a complaint with the court, saying that the entire issue was being sensationalised and politicised in wake of upcoming Bihar elections.
