Narada case: Calcutta High Court defers hearing, TMC ministers to remain in jail

The Calcutta High Court issued a notice, on Thursday (May 20, 2021), hours before the hearing stating that “due to unavoidable circumstances, the First Division Bench will not assemble today.”

New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court will not conduct hearing in the Narada sting tape case, which involves two cabinet ministers of the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal and two senior leaders of Trinamool Congress, on Thursday (May 20, 2021).  The Calcutta High Court issued a notice hours before the hearing stating that “due to unavoidable circumstances, the First Division Bench will not assemble today.” The leaders of the Trinamool Congress- Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, MLA Madan Mitra and former city mayor Sovan Chatterjee will continue to remain in judicial custody.