Calcutta, Sept. 9: The high court
today adjourned to September 26 a hearing of the contempt petition
demanding action against the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha for observing a
bandh in violation of an earlier order.
The case was
deferred after government pleader, Ashok Banerjee, had informed the
division bench of Chief Justice A.K. Mishra and Justice Joymalya Bagchi
that the Morcha had already filed a special leave petition in the
Supreme Court against the high court order passed on August 24.
The Morcha had been asked to pay compensation for the damages caused by the closure in the August 24 order.
The high court
division bench, however, asked the Morcha to file an affidavit on
September 26, clarifying why contempt proceedings should not be taken
against it for observing the bandh even after the ban order. The Morcha
was also asked to file a separate affidavit stating its views on the
state’s claim that it had suffered a loss of Rs 69.16 crore in August
because of the bandh.
Strike call
The All India Namasudra Bikash
Parishad has called a 12-hour general strike in Siliguri subdivision on
Tuesday, demanding the arrest of Morcha president Bimal Gurung for
organising a movement and “trying to divide the state”.
The Telegraph
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