KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday withdrew the protection enjoyed by the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, from future FIRs against him by police without the prior permission of the court.
To recall, in December 2022, the Calcutta High Court's erstwhile single-judge bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha granted an interim protection to Adhikari, stating that no future FIR could be registered against him by the police without prior permission of the court.
The protection against future FIRs without court permission granted by Justice Mantha in 2022 was in addition to the interim stay on 26 FIRs already filed against Adhikari by the police.