National Anthem Insult Case: Relief to CM Mamata, Sessions Court Stays Summons
The Mumbai sessions court has stayed the summons issued by the magistrate court against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. CM Banerjee was summoned on March 2 in a case filed against her for an offence punishable under the Prevention of Insults to National Honor Act. The next date for the hearing of this case has been fixed for March 25. Banerjee had visited Mumbai in December last year. Here she met leaders of the ruling Shiv Sena and NCP. During a program on this tour, she was accused of insulting the national anthem. On February 2, the metropolitan magistrate court in Mumbai directed CM Banerjee to appear on March 2, 2022, for the hearing of this matter. The court had given this order on a complaint lodged against her for allegedly insulting the national anthem during he...
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