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Calcutta High Court Defers Abhishek Banerjee’s Request To Travel Abroad For Eye Treatment

The ruling leaves his medical trip unresolved, preserves interim protection with a court bar on foreign travel without leave, requires 48 hours’ notice to investigators, and keeps multiple probes active

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Overview

  • Banerjee filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking one week of overseas ophthalmic treatment, first mentioned to the court on Tuesday and reported on June 23.
  • A single-judge bench refused his request for an urgent or fast‑track hearing on Wednesday and said the petition will be listed for hearing in the normal course.
  • An earlier High Court order granted him interim protection from coercive action until July 31 while explicitly barring foreign travel without prior court permission and requiring the investigating officer to be given 48 hours’ notice.
  • A North 24 Parganas district court has authorised the West Bengal CID to collect Banerjee’s voice samples on June 30 as part of an incitement-to-violence probe, and he has been questioned multiple times by CID and other agencies.
  • The legal steps sit alongside a fresh complaint over alleged irregularities in the ‘Shraddhargha Scheme’ that cites about Rs 91 crore and the wider set of inquiries could intensify political and reputational pressure on the TMC and Banerjee personally.