Trinamool Congress MP and the party's General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court's July 20 order refusing him permission to travel abroad for specialised treatment for an eye condition.

The plea challenges an order passed by a single-judge Bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya, which declined Banerjee's request to travel overseas for eye treatment during the hearing of a criminal case relating to an alleged provocative speech made in connection with the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections. Rejecting the plea for immediate foreign travel, the High Court directed Banerjee to first undergo a medical examination by specialists at the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata before any decision on overseas treatment could be considered.

The restriction on Banerjee's travel flows from an earlier order passed in the pending criminal case, in which the High Court had granted him protection from coercive action on the strict condition that he would not leave the country without obtaining prior permission from the Court.

Contending that he requires specialised treatment unavailable in India, Banerjee has now sought the Supreme Court's intervention to permit him to travel abroad for the medical procedure.

As per the Supreme Court records, the petition was filed on July 24, and the matter is likely to be taken up on August 3.

Case : Abhishek Banerjee v State of West Bengal | Diary No.44012/2026