Published on : 28 Oct 2025, 1:08 pm 6 min read

The Calcutta High Court on October 24 quashed fifteen first information reports (FIR) filed by the West Bengal police between 2021 and 2022 against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Leader of the Opposition, Suvendhu Adhikari [ Suvendu Adhikari v. State of West Bengal &Ors. ]

Justice Jay Sengupta also lifted earlier interim orders passed in the matter, including one that restrained the State from filing any more FIRs against Adhikari without the Court’s permission.

Effectively, the Court has now granted Adhikari relief in respect of the several criminal cases filed against him, by allowing two petitions filed by him to quash such cases.

However, an interim order passed in December 2022 by Justice Rajashekhar Mantha

See Full Page