Calcutta High Court stays order allowing CPI(M) book stalls at Bangaon during Durga Puja

Kolkata, Oct. 16 -- A Calcutta High Court Division Bench on Friday stayed a single-bench order permitting the CPI(M) to set up book stalls at Bangaon in North 24 Parganas district during Durga Puja, observing that the party had not obtained permission from the administration.

The Division Bench of Chief Justice R. V. Ghuge and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi, while passing the interim order, also rejected the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s plea to sell books using only a table and chair under an umbrella.

During the hearing, Chief Justice Ghuge asked CPI(M) counsel Shamim Ahmed whether the party had obtained permission to set up the stalls.

Ahmed told the Bench that although the party had not obtained permission from the government, it...