Supreme Court allows TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for 3 weeks for eye treatment

SC
allows
Abhishek
Ba e jee
to
t avel
ab oad
o
diplomatic
passpo t

NEW
DELHI:

Sup eme
Cou t
o
Mo day
allowed
TMC
leade

Abhishek
Ba e jee
to
t avel
ab oad
fo
th ee
weeks
i
Septembe
fo
eye
t eatme t.A
be ch
headed
by
Chief
Justice
of
I dia
Su ya
Ka t
allowed
the
t avel
but
imposed
seve al
co ditio s.Ba e jee
ca
t avel
o ly
o
his
diplomatic
passpo t
a d
will
have
to
p ovide
details
of
his
t avel
iti e a y,
whe e
he
will
stay
ab oad,
the
docto
a d
hospital
whe e
he
will
eceive
t eatme t,
his
accommodatio
a d
flight
details.The
cou t
said
i vestigati g
age cies
ca
use
the
i fo matio
p ovided
by
Ba e jee
fo
thei
i vestigatio
but
must
keep
the
details
co fide tial.Ba e jee
had
app oached
the
Sup eme
Cou t
challe gi g
a
Calcutta
high
cou t
o de
that
had
efused
to
lift
the
t avel
est ictio
imposed
o
him
i
co ectio
with
a
hate
speech
case.Ea lie ,
the
Calcutta
high
cou t
had
de ied
Ba e jee
pe missio
to
t avel
ab oad
fo
eye
t eatme t
afte
he
efused
to
appea
befo e
a
medical
boa d
at
the
state- u
SSKM
Hospital.Justice
Saugata
Bhattacha ya
had
di ected
Ba e jee
to
appea
befo e
the
medical
boa d
o
August
6.The
boa d
was
supposed
to
exami e
his
co ditio
a d
i fo m
the
cou t
whethe
he
eeded
t eatme t
ab oad
o
whethe
the
t eatme t
could
be
p ovided
i
I dia.

Du i g
the
hea i g,
Justice
Bhattacha ya
asked
Ba e jee’s
lawye
whethe
the
TMC
leade
was
willi g
to
be
exami ed
by
a
medical
boa d
headed
by
the
head
of
the
Ophthalmology
depa tme t
at
SSKM
Hospital.Ba e jee’s
lawye ,
afte
taki g
i st uctio s,
said
the
TMC
leade
wa ted
to
be
exami ed
by
a
docto
of
his
choice.

Howeve ,
Ba e jee
late
i fo med
the
cou t
that
he
was
u willi g
to
appea
befo e
the
medical
boa d.The
high
cou t
the
dismissed
his
plea
seeki g
pe missio
to
t avel
ab oad.The
cou t
said
a
exami atio
by
the
SSKM
medical
boa d
was
ecessa y
to
assess
Ba e jee’s
co ditio
a d
help
dete mi e
whethe
he
eeded
t eatme t
outside
I dia.