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Calcutta High Court connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) refused to enactment the determination of the West Bengal Assembly Speaker to recognise rebel Trinamool Congress MLA Ritabrata Banerjee arsenic the Leader of Opposition alternatively of Trinamool chairperson Mamata Banerjee’s choice, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay.
“No supplication for interim alleviation is made out, the equilibrium of convenience is not successful favour of the petitioner”, the tribunal held.
The court, however, called for affidavits by each parties to analyse the larger question of whether the talker acted wrong the ambit of his powers portion recognising the LoP.
The number of Trinamool Congress MLAs currently supporting Mr. Banerjee arsenic the Leader of the Opposition successful the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is 65. On June 3, 2 days aft being expelled from the Trinamool Congress, Mr. Banerjee was announced arsenic the Leader of the Opposition, with 58 of the 80 MLAs supporting him.
The Trinamool Congress moved the Calcutta High Court successful the archetypal week of June challenging the determination by West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose to recognise Mr. Banerjee arsenic the LoP in the House.
The court, past week, questioned the Speaker’s determination to recognise the expelled Mr. Banerjee arsenic the LoP of the West Bengal Assembly without the consent of the governmental party.
The Single Bench of the court, presided implicit by Justice Krishna Rao, asked the State, “The person, who was appointed arsenic the LoP, doesn’t beryllium to immoderate governmental party. He was expelled. Can the Speaker recognise a rebel person arsenic the LoP without the consent of a governmental party?”
The bid comes connected the time erstwhile West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi is acceptable to marque his maiden code successful the Legislature.
