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Delivering the verdict on November 16, 2007, the Calcutta High Court had held the March 14 incident of police firing at Nandigram “unconstitutional and illegal.” Just a day later, the three CPM leaders had allegedly criticised the judiciary at a rally held in Rani Rashmoni Road. The Bar Association of Calcutta High Court had then filed a contempt petition against the three leaders and the case came up for hearing on Friday.
Advocate Saktinath Mukherjee argued that the rally was organised with an intention to attack the judiciary and the petitioners. The leaders had not denied in their petitions their remark against the judiciary and tried to defend their remark, Mukherjee said. He said that the court could watch the video footage of the rally to understand the remarks which were made by the leaders. The Bench has fixed the next hearing on January 28 and 29.
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