Supreme Court Orders Status Quo in Defamation Case Against Lawyer for Sharing Book Excerpts on Mamata Banerjee

The Supreme Court ordered status quo in the defamation case against lawyer and BJP leader Koustav Bagchi over social media posts sharing excerpts from a book about Mamata Banerjee. The Court also issued notice to the West Bengal government while hearing Bagchi’s challenge to the summons issued by a trial court.