On Friday, the Apex Court granted interim protection to five BJP leaders, including Mukul Roy & MPs Kailash Vijayvargiya & Arjun Singh, in criminal cases lodged against them in West Bengal & directed the state Police not to taken any coercive action.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul sought reply from the Govt of West Bengal on 5 separate pleas filed by BJP leaders alleging foisting of criminal cases to deter them from political activities & said interim protection from coercive action will continue till the next date of hearing.
The bench posted the batch of pleas for further hearing in the second week of Jan. Besides Roy, Vijayvargiya & Singh, two other BJP leaders Sourav Singh & Pawan Kumar Singh have moved the apex court for protection in cases lodged against them in the state.
While granting protection to these five leaders, the bench directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to submit in a sealed cover a report regarding alleged scuffle between TMC workers & security staff of West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose, who has filed a separate plea in the Supreme Court.
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