Amit Shah summoned by special court in West Bengal in defamation case
The Hindu
A designated MP/MLA court in West Bengal issued summons to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday to appear either personally or through a lawyer before it on February 22 in connection with a defamation case lodged against him by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee.
The special judge of MP/MLA court at Bidhannagar directed that Mr. Shah is "required to appear in person/by pleader" at 10 a.m. on that day.
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