West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cannot make any defamatory or incorrect statements against the state’s Governor CV Ananda Bose after the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday temporarily restrained the TMC leader.
A single-judge bench led by Justice Krishna Rao passed the order against the chief minister after Bose filed a defamation case against her and other Trinamool Congress leaders.
“Governor Bose is a Constitutional Authority. He cannot meet the personal attacks being made by the defendants against him by taking the benefit of social media platform,” the court order read.
After the court passed its order, Governor Ananda Bose said, “Truth will triumph. I wish and pray that god throws light on the path of Mamata Banerjee.”
What is the case about?
Banerjee and Bose have been at odds after the ruling party in West Bengal claimed that the governor sexually harassed multiple women. The chief minister even said that women complained to her that they were afraid to visit the Raj Bhavan.
Following this statement, Governor Bose slapped Mamata with a defamation suit on June 28.
‘Nothing derogatory’
Meanwhile, Banerjee has firmly stood by her statement that women had expressed fear about visiting the Raj Bhavan.
Banerjee’s counsel SN Mookherjee argued before Justice Krishna Rao that her remarks were a fair comment on issues of public interest and not defamatory.
Standing by her earlier comment, Banerjee’s lawyer submitted that she merely echoed the apprehensions of women over certain alleged activities in Raj Bhavan.
With inputs from agencies
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