Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Interim Bail granted to Congress Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan in six 2007 cases: West Bengal’s appeal is closed, and the State remains free to oppose any extension. New Delhi: West Bengal’s appeal against the interim bail given to Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in six criminal cases, so that […]
Hearing West Bengal’s challenge to Milan Pradhan’s interim bail on the eve of the Nandigram bypoll, the Supreme Court told the State to let the Congress candidate contest, and adjourned the matter to October 7 after Justice Joymalya Bagchi recused himself. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the West Bengal government’s plea challenging […]
The Calcutta High Court has pulled up the West Bengal government after Congress candidate Milan Pradhan, contesting the Nandigram by-poll, was arrested and remanded in a sixth criminal case from the 2007 Nandigram land-acquisition protests, despite the State’s assurance to the Court that he would not be arrested in any further 2007 case. Finding no production warrant had been served, the Court directed the police to take no coercive steps and that he not be treated as arrested in that case until October 12.
The Calcutta High Court, hearing a plea by Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan challenging his September 18 arrest in cases dating to the 2007 anti-land-acquisition protests, told the State to take no steps against him till October 9, after the polling date. The State submitted that of the six cases referred to, five are no longer alive and Pradhan is not an accused in the sixth, so no order was required. The matter was listed for October 12.
