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Amartya Sen's lawyers move court over eviction notice

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's lawyers have moved West Bengal's Birbhum district court challenging a fresh eviction order by Visva Bharati, asking the celebrated economist to vacate a portion of “encroached land” within his ancestral property situated on the university campus by May 6.

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In the order, the Central varsity asked Mr. Sen to vacate by May 6 or within 15 days of the publication of the last order on April 19, the land allegedly occupied in an unauthorised manner.

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