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Calcutta High Court advises CPIM on setting up book stalls
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News18•12-10-2026, 12:35
Calcutta High Court advises CPIM on setting up book stalls
- •CPIM approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to set up book stalls in Naihati and Bongaon during Durga Puja
- •The police had previously denied permission for the stalls following political controversy involving leaders like Suvendu Adhikari
- •Justice Saugata Bhattacharya declined an urgent hearing, humorously advising the petitioners to do it before Kali Puja
- •The controversy centers around the debate between using the terms Sharodutsav and Durga Puja for festival stalls
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CPIM approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to set up traditional book stalls in Naihati and Bongaon after local police denied them permission.
Justice Saugata Bhattacharya declined an urgent hearing before Durga Puja, questioning if setting up book stalls is a conferred right, and humorously advised them to do it before Kali Puja instead.
Suvendu Adhikari stated that permission for the Left's book stalls should not be granted unless organizers explicitly write "Durga Puja" instead of "Sharodutsav".
