Overview

• The Alipore Civil Court issued an ex-parte order on August 4 imposing an interim injunction on Suvendu Adhikari in a defamation suit filed by Abhishek Banerjee.
• Adhikari is prohibited from making or publishing any statements deemed defamatory toward Banerjee until August 19 and must explain within 15 days why the injunction should not stand.
• Banerjee’s suit alleges that Adhikari falsely accused him of orchestrating electoral fraud, misusing public funds and devising a “Diamond Harbour Model” of corruption and terror.
• The next court hearing is scheduled for August 19 before the 8th Civil Court at Alipore, where both parties will present their arguments.
• The ruling illustrates how political disputes between the BJP and Trinamool Congress in West Bengal are increasingly litigated through defamation cases.