Calcutta High Court Tells State To Refrain From Taking Coercive Steps Against Padma-Awarded Monk Kartik Maharaj Over Allegations Of Rape

The Calcutta High Court has orally instructed the state government not to take any coercive steps against Padma Shri-awarded monk Maharaj Swami Pradiptananda alias 'Kartik Mahraj', who had moved the Court against allegations of rape levelled by a woman who claimed to be his devotee.Justice Jay Sengupta made these oral remarks while accepting the petitioner's plea for an in-camera hearing in...