SC asks Calcutta High Court to ‘expeditiously’ hear Trinamool Congress plea over removal of billboard
The Supreme Court has directed the Calcutta High Court to expedite the hearing of a petition by the Trinamool Congress regarding the removal of a party billboard. The court declined to intervene directly, allowing the High Court to resolve the legal dispute over the billboard's removal.
Why it matters
The case touches on the intersection of municipal authority, political expression, and the judicial process in West Bengal.
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 7, 2026) asked the Calcutta High Court to expeditiously hear a petition filed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging the removal of an allegedly unauthorised party billboard from the Kolkata office of its general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee on August 27 without prior notice.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, however, declined to interfere with the High Court’s August 28 order refusing interim relief to the TMC, noting that the party’s contentions were still pending consideration before it.
“Since the High Court is seized of the matter and there are tentative observations in the order of August 28, the parties are allowed to raise all contentions before the High Court, which will consider them expeditiously,” the Bench said.
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