HC admits defamation suit against Buddhadeb

Admitting the suit,Justice I P Mukerji directed Roy’s counsels to serve notice to Bhattacharjee.

• Written by Press Trust Of India
• March 7, 2013 12:23 AM IST
1 min read

The Calcutta High Court Wednesday admitted a civil defamation suit filed by TMC general secretary Mukul Roy against former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for his alleged derogatory comments against Mamata Banerjee. Admitting the suit,Justice I P Mukerji directed Roy’s counsels to serve notice to Bhattacharjee. The matter would come up for hearing after four weeks. Counsel Rajdeep Majumdar submitted that Bhattacharjee be restrained from making such derogatory comments. Roy claimed in his petition that Bhattacharjee had made derogatory comments with regard to Banerjee’s honesty during a televised interview.

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