Abhishek Banerjee Camac Street office
The Calcutta High Court has sent back to the City Civil Court a case concerning a notice seeking the vacation of the Camac Street premises housing Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s party office.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Sandeep Kumar De said the matter requires a detailed hearing. It directed the lower court to hear all sides and decide the issue concerning the injunction or status quo order.
The Division Bench directed the City Civil Court to dispose of the issue concerning the status quo within 15 days after normal court proceedings resume following the Puja vacation.
The dispute arose after the property owner challenged an earlier City Civil Court order maintaining status quo at the premises until the main case is decided.
The status quo order effectively keeps the existing position unchanged while the underlying dispute is being heard. Reports from earlier this month said the City Civil Court had granted such interim protection concerning the Camac Street office.
The office associated with Abhishek Banerjee is located at 9 Camac Street. The premises also became the centre of a separate dispute in August after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation removed a party signboard from the building. The Trinamool Congress approached the High Court over the issue, but the court declined to grant interim relief concerning the already-removed signboard.
A separate issue then arose over fire safety. The West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Department had ordered the evacuation of parts of the building over alleged fire-safety deficiencies.
On September 16, however, the Calcutta High Court set aside that evacuation order and directed the department to issue a fresh notice and conduct another inspection after considering the party’s response.
Meanwhile, advocate Sagnika Banerjee, representing property owner Rama Devi Goenka, has said that a 10-year agreement was signed with the Trinamool Youth Congress in 2020. The owner’s side has alleged that contractual conditions concerning the completion certificate were not fulfilled before the premises were occupied.
The property owner’s side has alleged that the premises were occupied without fulfilling the terms of the agreement. The Trinamool Congress side has rejected the allegation and has claimed that there is an attempt to remove the party from its Camac Street office.
The questions surrounding the lease, possession and the vacation notice will now be examined by the City Civil Court. The High Court has set a specific timeframe for deciding the interim status quo issue.
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