After Mahua's 'vote chor' remark against Chief Sec, court restrains her
The court ordered Mahua Moitra to remove two posts and said she had not backed up allegations against Manoj Agarwal with sufficient evidence.
- An Alipore court issued an interim injunction restraining Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra from making defamatory statements about West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal, ordering her to delete two social media posts within 24 hours.
- Agarwal sought legal action after Moitra publicly labeled him a "vote chor," accusing him of illegally disenfranchising Bengali voters during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- While the court affirmed the right to criticize government policies, it noted Moitra produced insufficient evidence to substantiate her allegations; Agarwal contended he merely followed Election Commission directives.
- Moitra must explain why the interim injunction should not be made permanent, with the next hearing scheduled for January 5 to determine the case's outcome.
- Legal proceedings will continue to determine the boundaries of public criticism, distinguishing between legitimate debate regarding the SIR and defamatory allegations against individual officials.
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Kolkata court orders Mahua Moitra to remove ‘Vote Chor’ posts within 24 hours
Kolkata: A civil court in Alipore, South 24 Parganas, has passed an interim injunction directing Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra to remove two posts from her X account, @MahuaMoitra, within 24 hours of receiving the order, including by email. According to the order, the posts in question were published on October 3 and October 6, 2026. The court directed Moitra, her agents and others acting on her behalf to refrain from newly publishing…
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