Supreme Court Requests Calcutta HC To Decide Soon Trinamool Congress Plea Against Removal Of Board From Party Office
The Supreme Court has directed the Calcutta High Court to expedite the hearing of a petition filed by the Trinamool Congress regarding the removal of party billboards. The dispute centers on the legality of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's actions.
Why it matters
This case highlights the intersection of local municipal governance and political party rights in India.
The Supreme Court today requested the Calcutta High Court to expeditiously decide a petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress challenging the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's removal of billboards from the party's office in Kolkata.The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was hearing a Special Leave Petition filed by Trinamool Congress challenging Calcutta High Court's denial of interim relief regarding the alleged illegal removal of a billboard from atop the party office at Kolkata's Camac Street. At the outset, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, for the State of West Bengal, raised a preliminary objection to the maintainability of the petition, saying that there was a remedy of writ appeal. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the Trinamool Congress, then retorted, "My learned friend should not be excited..."
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