A court at Suri in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on August 8 stayed the eviction notice issued by Visva Bharati University to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. The Central university administration had on April 19 issued an order asking Professor Sen to vacate within 15 days 13 decimals of land on which his ancestral house ‘Pratichi’ is built, which according to the university is under “illegal occupation” by the Nobel Laureate.
The matter will come up for hearing again on September 16, and till then there will be stay on the eviction notice.
The Visva Bharati University is likely to approach the Calcutta High Court over the matter.
