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Two-week breather for Jayanth house
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the proposed demolition of an illegal four-storey building owned by Kamarhati Trinamool leader Jayanth Singh on Pratap Rudra Lane of Ariadaha.
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Justice Kausik Chanda stayed the proposed demolition for two weeks until the matter came up before the regular bench of Justice Gaurang Kanth on June 23.
Justice Kanth earlier ordered the demolition of the illegal building and chastised the Kamarhati Municipality for not taking action. Kamarhati Municipality served notice to Singh. Meanwhile, Prasant Singh, claiming to be a resident of the building, moved the division bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta on June 10. He submitted that the municipality didn't serve notice to him when West Bengal Municipal Act provides for prior notice and an opportunity for the owner or the person responsible to be heard before issuing a demolition order.
Justice Chanda on Thursday held the regular bench would hear the main matter, and stayed the proposed razing.
