Calcutta HC imposes Rs 5 Lakh fine on Mamata Banerjee, recuses self from hearing her plea
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New Delhi, July 07: The Calcutta High Court has imposed ₹5 lakh fine on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for seeking recusal of Justice Kaushik Chanda from her Nandigram election petition.
According to the court hearing, the amount will be used for the families of lawyers affected by Covid-19. It comes after Banerjee's counsel appealed for transfer of the case from Justice Kaushik Chanda's bench, citing bias as they claimed that Justice Chanda has often been seen with BJP leaders.
Responding to this allegation, Justice Chanda himself rejected the application of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and decided to step away from the case on his own personal discretion and released the case from his bench.
Justice Kaushik Chanda said that he is unable to convince himself that there is a "conflict of interest". However, he still recused himself from the case so that "trouble-mongers" don't get an opportunity to keep the controversy alive. "It will be contrary to the interests of justice if such unwarranted problem continues along with trial," said Justice Chanda while stepping away from the case.
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He said "Such calculative, psychological and offensive attempt to seek recusal need to be firmly repulsed and a cost of Rs. 5 lakh is imposed upon Petitioner."
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