Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has granted protection to a section of BJP legislators against any action, like arrest or any coercive move, after the Kolkata Police filed FIRs against the lawmakers for alleged dishonour of the National Anthem in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Court sources said on Tuesday.
The single-bench Judge Jay Sengupta on Monday ordered the city police to refrain from taking any action against the Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs until the next hearing.
The Judge also questioned the justification of singing the National Anthem during a protest was on in the Assembly. "What will happen if somebody suddenly starts singing the National Anthem in the court now?", the judge observed.
Justice Sengupta ordered the Kolkata Police to refrain from taking any action against the accused till Thursday.
The Judge fixed the next hearing on Wednesday and directed cops to submit the case diary on that day as the law enforcing agency failed to produce it during the first hearing on Monday.
The Kolkata Police had served notices on eight BJP legislators following FIRs lodged against 11 party legislators, accusing them of disrespecting the National Anthem in the state assembly on last Friday. (with UNI inputs)
