The Mumbai Sessions Court has stayed the summons issued by the Magistrate Court to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to appear on March 2. Mamata Banerjee was asked to appear on March 2 in the case filed against her for an offense punishable under the Outrage of National Honor Act. Special MP-MLA Court Judge Rahul Rokade has also issued notice to complainant BJP functionary Vivekanand Gupta. The court has also sought a record of the proceedings from the Mazagon magistrate court, which had issued the summons.
Advocate Vivekananda Gupta had filed a complaint against Mamata Banerjee for insulting the national anthem during one of her visits to Mumbai on December 1, 2021. The Mumbai BJP secretary had filed a complaint under Section 3 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honor Act, 1971. In his complaint, he had demanded to register an FIR against Mamta Banerjee.
what was the charge
According to the India Today report, the complaint said that Mamata Banerjee had attended a program of author Javed Akhtar as a keynote speaker. She was holding a press conference at the end of the program. While sitting, she started singing the national anthem and then stood up. After singing two verses suddenly he stopped singing the national anthem, which is an insult to the national anthem. In Gupta's complaint to the court, it was said that Mamata Banerjee had shown complete disrespect towards the national anthem. After hearing the arguments of Vivekananda Gupta, Magistrate PI Mokashi issued the summons. The court had directed him to appear before the court on March 2.
The Chief Minister of West Bengal challenged the order of the trial court before the sessions court. As the matter came up for first hearing on Friday, Judge Rahul Rokade issued a notice to the respondent, and stayed the summons issued by the magistrate's court. Banerjee's lawyer Majeed Memon argued in the court how the procedure for summons issued by the magistrate's court was flawed.