New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from coercive action to Mohammad Nazibuddin Mondal alias Tulu Mondal, also referred to as the "Stone King" of Birbhum, after recording an assurance that he would return to Kolkata from Dubai by November 17 and pursue remedies available to him in connection with criminal cases arising from his alleged illegal stone and quarry operations.
A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu directed that the Calcutta High Court's September 22, 2026 judgment, which had declined relief to Mondal, as well as the orders upheld by it, would remain in abeyance till November 17.
The High Court had upheld orders passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistr...