- SC sought responses for Mahua Moitra’s protection, eviction plea.
- Moitra alleged officials evicted her from Circuit House unlawfully.
- Supreme Court questioned Circuit House booking rules during the hearing.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the West Bengal government and others to file responses to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s plea seeking adequate protection during her visits to her parliamentary constituency, Krishnanagar.
Moitra has also alleged in her plea that district administration officials in Nadia evicted her from a Circuit House despite her having been allotted a room at the state-owned property.
The plea came up for hearing before a bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state government and the Centre, said he would file responses to the plea.
SC Questions September 1 Letter
During the hearing, the bench said, “We are just sharing our concern. Have you seen the September 1 letter? If a member of Parliament comes to the Circuit House, she must inform three days before?”
Mehta urged the bench not to issue a notice on the petition and said he would file a reply.
The bench directed that responses be filed within a week, following which the petitioner may file a rejoinder within another week. The matter will be listed for hearing thereafter.
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan appeared for Moitra.
Mahua Moitra’s Circuit House Allegations
On the night of August 14, Moitra claimed in a social media post that a large crowd had gathered outside the Circuit House and raised “Jai Shri Ram” slogans after she refused to leave the premises.
She subsequently wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking his intervention in the Nadia district administration’s alleged attempt to force her to vacate a Circuit House after she had been allotted a room at the state-owned property.
The Krishnanagar MP had also threatened to move court over the alleged harassment.
What Moitra Said In Her Letter
Moitra, who had moved into the Circuit House in Krishnanagar for an overnight stay following a Parliament session, asserted that she was entitled to stay there as an MP but was pressured by district authorities to move out in the middle of the night with the intent to harass her.
She claimed in her letter to Birla that nobody had conveyed anything to her when she made the booking and that no one had informed her about the booking embargo when she checked in.
The MP also said the premises, located opposite the bungalows of both the superintendent of police and the district magistrate, were supposed to be secure and that no crowd could gather there, “let alone a lynch mob.”
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