Calcutta HC to hear PIL against degree conferment to Mamata Banerjee
News Agencies
| Updated on: 9 January 2018, 16:16 IST
The Calcutta High Court on 9 January agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against Calcutta University's decision to award Honorary D.Litt. degree to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The petition filed by two individuals, Abu Taleb and Ranjugopal Mukherjee, found a mention at the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, on Monday, following which the Bench directed to file the case as a PIL.
The court has decided to hear the petition on 10 and 11 January.
-ANI
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