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Calcutta HC grants interim relief to Abhishek Banerjee in signature forgery case

Calcutta HC grants interim relief to Abhishek Banerjee in signature forgery case

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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee interim protection from any coercive action in a signature forgery case over the party`s choice of Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal assembly. Justice Kausik Chanda, while granting interim protection for three weeks, directed Banerjee to appear before the CID at its headquarters, Bhabani Bhaban, here by 6 pm on Thursday for questioning in the case. Banerjee`s lawyer stated that the MP is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata from Delhi around 4 pm. The matter will come up for hearing again after two weeks. The controversy centres around a meeting called by Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence, where discussions were held regarding the naming of the LoP. Allegations have surfaced that signatures of several MLAs were affixed on related documents despite their absence from the meeting, triggering a political storm in the state. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data …

Cash-for-query case: Relief for Mahua Moitra, Delhi HC sets aside Lokpal order on chargesheet | Legal News

Cash-for-query case: Relief for Mahua Moitra, Delhi HC sets aside Lokpal order on chargesheet | Legal News

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The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside an order of the Lokpal that had granted sanction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a chargesheet against TMC Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra in relation to the cash-for-query row. Moitra, in a plea before the Delhi HC, had challenged the Lokpal’s November 12 order, primarily on the ground that it was passed without taking into consideration her submissions and filings before the anti-corruption ombudsman in violation of the prescribed procedure under Section 20 (7) of the Lokpal Act. A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, pronouncing the verdict in open court, also remanded the matter back to Lokpal to reconsider the aspect of grant of sanction as per the provisions of the Act, and take a decision in a month’s time. A detailed order is awaited. What did the TMC MP argue Section 20 (7) of the Act deals with the Lokpal’s grant of sanction to its prosecution wing or probe agency to file a chargesheet; direct closure of …

‘No wonder SC thinks…’: TMC MP targets Election Commission over leader’s arrest | Latest News India

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Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien targeted the Election Commission over the arrest of the party’s national spokesperson Saket Gokhale by Gujarat Police in a fresh case hours after he secured bail in a case related to his tweet about the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy. Gokhale was granted bail after he was produced before the court in Ahmedabad on Thursday following the completion of his police custody but was soon arrested in another case registered by Morbi police. Saket Gokhale had tweeted a news clipping about information purportedly obtained through the Right to Information (RTI) claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Morbi after the bridge collapse cost ₹30 crore. “RTI reveals that Modi’s visit to Morbi for a few hours cost ₹30 cr. Of this, ₹5.5 cr was purely for “welcome, event management, & photography”, Gokhale tweeted. On Tuesday, the Press Information Bureau tweeted a ‘fact check’ saying the information was fake. An FIR was registered against Gokhale on the charges of forgery and printing defamatory content and he was arrested on December 6. …