Calcutta HC denies permission to Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad

A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday denied permission to the Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and the party’s Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, to travel abroad for ophthalmic treatment.

After a hearing in the matter, the single-judge bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya observed that he had earlier advised Banerjee to first consult experts from the state-run SSKM Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, and on the basis



of that report from the hospital, the court would take a decision in the matter.

After Justice Bhattacharya in the previous hearing on July 20 advised Banerjee to first consult experts from SSKM, the Trinamool MP approached the Supreme Court seeking the same permission. However, the apex court’s three-judge division bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Venkita Subramani Mohan, last week, referred the matter to the Calcutta High Court.