Mamata’s meeting in Serampore gets HC nod, but postponed after state appeal
Times of India | 11 September 2026Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya allowed Mazumdar to hold the meeting after he was initially denied permission by cops to avoid “choking” GT Road. The meeting was allowed from 1-3 pm with 2,000 participants at Mahesh Jagannath Dev Snanpiri Maidan.
According to counsels representing Mazumdar: “State preferred an appeal. Hon’ble CJ will hear it on Friday. Accordingly, petitioner is postponing the meeting for the time being.”
Later in the day, Jagannath temple committee also filed an appeal against the single judge’s order.
Mazumdar had sought to conduct a rally with 5,000 participants from maidan to Serampore court. This was opposed by additional advocate general Billwadal Bhattacharya, who submitted that the proposed route on GT Road would lead to problems for multiple essential establishments there, like a hospital and five schools. He proposed that the rally be conducted on Delhi Road. The state was also represented by advocate Srijib Chakraborty.
Senior advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, representing Mazumdar, submitted that all parties were allowed to hold rallies on that road and it only became a problem when it was a rally by the Mamata Banerjee faction of TMC. Advocate Sirsanya Bandopadhyay highlighted the programme held by CM Suvendu Adhikari from Dhakuria to Jadavpur 8B in the middle of a work day.
Justice Bhattacharyya observed: “This court needs to strike a balance so that police authorities will not face difficulty to manage the situation and democratic rights of the organisation are preserved.”
