Calcutta High Court Declines Stay On 'Babri Mosque' Program In Murshidabad By Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir
The Calcutta High Court has declined to interfere with a program organised by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir regarding the alleged 'foundation' of a Babri Masjid in Murshidabad on 6th December (tomorrow).
Notably, 6th December is also the date on which the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh was demolished during the riots of 1992.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen declined to interfere with the event after noting that 19 companies of Central Armed forces have already been deployed in Murshidabad pursuant to a previous order of the High Court.
Accordingly, the court recorded the stand of the Advocate General that the State will strictly follow and implement the law and order and directed, "that the State must act as per its stand and the law and order situation shall be maintained in Murshidabad strictly and the lives and properties of the citizens will be protected."
It also noted that the private respondent undertakes that even he will maintain law and order and will not cause anything which may cause communal disharmony or law and order problem.
Case: Dr. Abdus Salam Shaikh VS. The Union of India & Ors
Case No: WPA(P) 528 of 2025