The Supreme Court of India has reprimanded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for seeking to transfer cases related to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal, citing claims of a 'hostile environment' in the state's judiciary. Justices Abhay Oka and Pankaj Mithal expressed strong disapproval of the CBI's insinuations against the entire judiciary in West Bengal, stating that such generalizations are unacceptable. The court ordered the CBI to withdraw its transfer petition, emphasizing that dissatisfaction with a state's courts does not justify casting aspersions on them. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju clarified that the agency did not intend to make such allegations and attributed the issue to poor drafting. The violence in question resulted in multiple fatalities and has been a point of contention among political parties in the state. The CBI's request for transfer has now been dismissed by the court as inappropriate.