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Judge recuses, imposes Rs 5 lakh fine on Mamata Banerjee

Updated on: 08 July,2021 08:31 AM IST  |  Kolkata
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But he imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh for the manner in which the recusal was sought. Justice Chanda said he was doing so in order to thwart at the outset attempts by trouble-mongers to keep the controversy alive.

Judge recuses, imposes Rs 5 lakh fine on Mamata Banerjee

CM Mamata Banerjee

“The calculated psychological offensives and vilification adopted to seek recusal need to be firmly repulsed, and a cost of Rs 5 lakh is imposed upon the petitioner,” he said. Banerjee’s advocate Sanjay Basu said they would challenge the fine. “We will take steps to challenge that and I am sure we will be successful.”


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