India, Oct. 16 -- A petition seeking contempt proceedings against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was withdrawn from the Supreme Court on Thursday after the Attorney General (AG) refused to grant consent, a mandatory requirement for filing such a plea.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran allowed the petition to be withdrawn after the petitioner, Aatmadeep, a charitable trust, informed the court that the AG had refused to grant consent.

Advocate Ayush Anand, appearing for the petitioner, said, "I have received instruction to withdraw the present contempt petition. The petitioner had written to the AG seeking consent but consent has not been given."

The organisation had accuse...