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Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order that refused him permission to travel abroad for eye treatment. The High Court, in a July 20 order by Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya, extended Banerjee's interim protection from coercive action until October 6 in a case related to alleged intimidatory statements during the West Bengal Assembly election campaign. However, the court denied his travel request, stating it was not inclined to allow foreign travel while the investigation is ongoing, noting that several reputable eye clinics exist in Kolkata. The judge orally suggested Banerjee consult the head of ophthalmology at state-run SSKM Hospital. Banerjee's Supreme Court plea challenges this restriction, though the matter has not yet been listed for hearing.
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Maintaining that the Court was not inclined to allow the petitioner to travel abroad when the investigation was under way, Justice Bhattacharyya said there are several reputed eye clinics in Kolkata
Published - July 30, 2026 02:22 pm IST | New Delhi
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order refusing him permission to travel abroad for eye treatment.
Mr. Banerjee, in his plea before the Supreme Court, has challenged the July 20 order passed by a single-Judge Bench of the High Court. The matter is yet to be listed for hearing.
The Calcutta High Court had earlier extended till October 6 Mr. Banerjee's interim protection from coercive action in a case related to alleged intimidatory statements he made during the West Bengal Assembly election campaign.
Granting relief, Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya of the High Court had directed Mr. Banerjee to cooperate with the probe and not travel abroad without the Court's permission as previously ordered.
The Judge extended the interim protection to Mr. Banerjee till October 6, or until further orders, whichever is earlier, and said the TMC national general secretary's plea for modification of conditions for granting him interim protection will be heard in August, but did not fix any particular date.
The Diamond Harbour MP had moved the application seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment.
Maintaining that the Court was not inclined to allow the petitioner to travel abroad when the investigation was under way, Justice Bhattacharyya said there are several reputed eye clinics in Kolkata.
In an oral observation, Justice Bhattacharyya said the TMC MP should appear before the head of ophthalmology at the State-run SSKM Hospital, who will decide whether Mr. Banerjee's eye issue can be treated there.
The TMC leader had prayed for quashing the FIR over his alleged comments against leaders and workers of a rival party at a public meeting on April 27 in the run-up to the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls.
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