India, June 17 -- The Calcutta high court on Wednesday reserved its order on the petition filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay challenging West Bengal assembly speaker Rathindra Nath Bose's June 3 decision to recognise expelled TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the Opposition (LoP).

During the hearing, justice Krishna Rao repeatedly questioned the speaker's decision to recognise an expelled TMC member as LoP though the party had officially recommended Chattopadhyay for the post.

The state's additional advocate general Bilwadal Bhattacharya represented the speaker while TMC Lok Sabha member and senior lawyer Kalyan Banerjee represented Chattopadhyay.

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