NEW DELHI: The
Calcutta high court
restrained West Bengal chief minister
Mamata Banerjee
from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Governor
CV Ananda Bose
in connection with the sexual harassment allegations. Justice Krishna Rao passed the order in a defamation suit against the CM by the Governor.
The Governor moved a plea before the
high court
against the chief minister and two West Bengal MLAs and a Trinamool leader for defamatory statements.
Mamata earlier said that women no longer felt safe to enter the Raj Bhavan because of the allegations.
The court on Tuesday said CV Ananda Bose is a constitutional authority who cannot counter the personal attacks being made by Banerjee and other TMC leaders against him by using social media platform.
"This Court if of the view that in appropriate cases where the Court is of the view that the statements have been made in reckless manner in order to cause injury to the reputation of the plaintiff, the Court would be justified in granting injunction. If at this stage, an interim order is not granted it would give the free hands to the defendants to continue making defamatory statements against the plaintiff and continue to tarnish the reputation of the plaintiff," it added.
The Court thus restrained Banerjee and others from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Bose "by way of publication and on social platforms till 14th August, 2024."
Bose told the court that the Trinamool leaders including Mamata were making false and frivolous allegations against him.
Mamata submitted before the court that there was nothing defamatory in her statement on the Raj Bhavan.
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