Calcutta HC withdraws protection to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari for registration of FIRs against him

In a setback to Leader of Opposition successful West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, the Calcutta High Court connected Friday (October 24, 2025) lifted a extortion granted to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person against registration of FIRs against him.

While ordering quashing of 15 FIRs against Mr. Adhikari, Justice Jay Sengupta lifted the extortion granted by the High Court to the Opposition person successful 2022 against registration of FIRs against him. As per the earlier bid by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha successful December 2022, the support of Calcutta High Court was indispensable earlier lodging an FIR against the Nandigram MLA.

Transfer of cases

In the bid connected Friday (October 24), Justice Sengupta besides directed the transportation of probe successful 4 cases registered against BJP leaders to a associated peculiar probe squad (SIT) comprising officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the State police.

The development, which comes up of Assembly polls successful the State, has evoked beardown governmental reactions with the Trinamool Congress lauding the development. Trinamool Congress person Kunal Ghosh said the improvement reflects the basal of the enactment that nary idiosyncratic tin beryllium granted extortion against registration of FIRs against them for an indefinite play of time.

Several leaders of Trinamool Congress had expressed their displeasure against the extortion granted to Mr. Adhikari. The State authorities challenged the Calcutta High Court’s bid successful the Supreme Court. However, the apical tribunal did not interfere with the High Court’s determination successful this regard. Reacting to the development, Mr. Adhikari said it was his “personal ineligible battle” and helium welcomed the bid arsenic FIRs person been quashed successful 15 cases against him.

‘No extortion blanket’

“In lawsuit of different 4 [FIRs], SITs person been acceptable up and the Court did not beryllium connected State constabulary and brought CBI connected board,” helium said. The BJP person said determination was nary “protection blanket” fixed to him and determination was an interim bid and specified orders are withdrawn erstwhile the last verdicts are delivered. Mr. Adhikari said the full Trinamool enactment is targeting him and if determination is much harassment past helium volition attack the Court.

With the Court’s extortion withdrawn against Mr. Adhikari, sources successful the Trinamool Congress said the State constabulary volition propulsion for enactment against the BJP leader. The constabulary are apt to crook up the vigor against Mr. Adhikari successful an allegation brought by State Minister Birbaha Hansda, a tribal leader. Ms. Hansda had alleged that the LoP had insulted her by referring to her caste.