Court summons Amit Shah in defamation case filed by Abhishek Banerjee

A particular courtroom for MPs and MLAs has summoned Union Home Minister Amit Shah to look earlier than it in reference to a defamation case filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee. The case pertains to allegations made by Shah in opposition to Banerjee, who’s the nephew of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
The particular choose of MP/MLA courtroom at Bidhannagar requested Amit Shah to look in particular person or via pleader within the courtroom on February 22. The order issued by the courtroom stated that Amit Shah’s attendance both personally or via a lawyer is critical to reply to a cost of defamation beneath part 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The Trinamool MP had filed the defamation case following sure allegations have been made in opposition to him by Shah throughout a BJP rally on eleventh August 2018 at Mayo Road in Kolkata. The defamation go well with says that Amit Shah had stated, “… Narada, Sarada, Rose Valley, Syndicate’s Corruption, Nephew’s corruption, a series of corruption has been by Mamataji.”
The then BJP president had additionally stated in one other rally, “The Centre has given Rs 3.59 lakh crores to the state but the amount did not reach the grassroots and ended up with bhatija and syndicates.”
Following the speeches by Shah, Banerjee had despatched a authorized discover to Amit Shah, asking to apologise inside 72 hours or face authorized motion. Subsequently, a legal defamation go well with was filed in opposition to Amit Shah by Abhishek Banerjee in August 2018. Banerjee had vehemently denied the allegations made in opposition to him, sought an apology, and likewise sought that Shah should desist from making or circulating defamatory statements in opposition to Banerjee.
In May 2019, Abhishek Banerjee had additionally despatched a defamation discover to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the PM made “wildly fabricated allegations” in opposition to him at a rally in West Bengal. He had despatched a authorized discover to the PM, demanding unconditional apology inside 36 hours. In the speech in Diamond Harbour, PM Modi had remarked that West Bengal was going via a “torturous period under the bua-bhatija rule”.