Petition in HC for April 30 Sanatani meet under cloud
Times of India | 23 April 2025
Kolkata: A petition by Ramesh Chandra Bera seeking Calcutta High Court's permission to hold a Maha Sanatani Dharma Sammelan at Contai on April 30 — the same day the CM is scheduled to inaugurate the Jagannath temple in Digha — came under scrutiny on Tuesday, as Bera appeared before the court to submit through his counsel that he did not file the writ petition.
There was chaos in the courtroom when counsel Nilendu Bhattacharya submitted that he had documents to substantiate that Bera did not file the writ petition. Bhattacharya claimed that none of the signatures were his.
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh found an apparent mismatch between the application made by the petitioner to the SP and SDPO and the writ petition that came under scrutiny on Tuesday, raising questions over the its maintainability.
Justice Ghosh directed senior counsel Billwadal Bhattacharya, who had argued on points of law a day earlier, to make an application before the court, supported by documents from the advocate on record on the issues canvassed by or on behalf of Bera.
"You have other avenues to explore," Justice Ghosh said to Billwadal Bhattacharya, and adjourned the matter till Wednesday. Justice Ghosh also recalled a similar case before Justice Md Nizamuddin in which signatures didn't match.
Counsel for the DM and the SP, Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, submitted that this was a serious matter and the persons involved were liable for impersonation if documents and authorised letters were not produced in HC.