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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

PILs being used as 'weapon': Calcutta HC on plea over Mamata Banerjee's 'comments' at rally

Kolkata: Questioning the maintainability of a PIL regarding TMC chief Mamata Banerjee's alleged comments on the murder of a Bangladesh activist, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday observed that public interest litigations were being used as a "special tool or weapon".

The division bench, presided over by Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty, asked why the petition should be treated as a PIL.

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