Calcutta High Court Transfers Abhishek Banerjee's Defamation Suit Against Suvendu Adhikari To Court In Kolkata From Burdwan
Live LawThe Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of a defamation suit filed by Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee against BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari from Burdwan Court to a Court in Kolkata. Adhikari had moved an application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking transfer of the suit now pending in the court of learned Civil Judge, 1st Additional Court at Burdwan to the court of learned Civil Judge at Contai, Purba Medinipur. Justice Subhasish Dasgupta directed that the defamation suit will be heard before a City Civil Court in Kolkata from January 14 and accordingly observed, "The transfer application is disposed of, directing the learned Civil Judge, 1st Additional Court, at Burdwan to transfer the Title Suit No.52 of 2021, to the court of learned Chief Judge, City Civil Court, at Calcutta within a fortnight from the date of communication of this order. Abhishek Banerjee had filed the instant defamation suit against Adhikari before the Burdwan Court in connection with certain alleged derogatory remarks made by Adhikari while addressing a public gathering at Khejuri in Purba Medinipur district.