Amartya Sen’s stay application on eviction order by Visva-Bharati deferred, next hearing on May 30

 

“The district judge Sudeshna De (Chatterjee) is still on leave. The advocates of both sides agreed on a suitable date for the hearing. After listening to both sides, acting district judge Sarajit Majumder deferred the hearing to May 30,” said Malay Mukherjee, district public prosecutor of Birbhum. He said Sen’s lawyers requested the hearing be done in the presence of the district judge.

 

On April 19, the Visva-Bharati issued an eviction notice asking Sen to vacate 13 decimals of land at Pratichi. The varsity threatened to use force to take back the land, which it claimed was under the economist’s “unauthorised occupation”. Sen’s lawyers on April 26 approached the Birbhum district judge, seeking a stay on Visva-Bharati’s eviction order. Sen’s lawyers also moved the high court. On May 4, Justice Bibhas Ranjan De issued the stay till it was disposed of in the lower court.