“Sandeshkhali: Calcutta High Court refuses urgent hearing of PIL seeking protection for women”, Deccan Herald, February 19, 2024:
“The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to take up for urgent hearing a PIL seeking protection to women residents of Sandeshkhali area over allegations of sexual atrocities on them by people owing allegiance to ruling Trinamool Congress.
A division bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam asked whether the petitioner is an elected representative like an MLA or a panchayat pradhan or a resident of Sandeshkhali or whether the person visited the affected place, saying that only attaching copies of newspaper reports with the petition will not be enough.
The Chief Justice told the lawyer petitioner that the basic requirements of a PIL have to be satisfied for it to be taken up…..”
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