Trinamool Rebel To Hold Key Bengal Post Till Decision On Plea In 2 Months
The Calcutta High Court has issued an interim order allowing rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee to remain as the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly. The court has tasked a single bench with resolving the challenge to his appointment within two months.
Why it matters
The ruling provides temporary legal clarity in a contentious political dispute regarding legislative leadership in West Bengal.
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee will continue as the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly till a single bench decides on a petition challenging his appointment to the post within two months.The division bench comprising Justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay Kumar Gupta passed the interim order.The bench directed that the single bench will hear the challenge to the decision of the Assembly Speaker by Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, an MLA belonging to the TMC's Mamata Banerjee…
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