India, Aug. 20 -- A Kolkata court ordered the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday to summon West Bengal correctional services minister Chandranath Sinha to the court on September 12 so that charges filed against him can be read out before the trial, lawyers who attended the hearing said.

"The ED, which submitted a charge sheet against Sinha on August 6, informed the designated ED court on Wednesday that governor C V Ananda Bose's assent, which is mandatory for prosecuting a minister, was issued on August 8," a lawyer said, requesting anonymity.

"The court directed ED to send a notice to Sinha asking him to appear before the court on September 12 so that the charges can be read out to him. This is the standard procedure," the lawye...