Court extends interim order on Tapas Pal's rape comment till August 14th

Trinamool Congress MP and Advocate Kalyan Banerjee said that the interim-order passed by single judge of the Calcutta High Court against Member of Parliament (MP) from Bengal's Krishnanagar, Tapas Pal, for his alleged rape remarks has been extended till August 14th.

"The hearing has concluded, and the judgment will be passed on 13th August. As of now, the court has extended the interim order extended till 14th," said Banerjee.

Yesterday, the Kolkata High Court had extended the interim order on Pal till Monday.

Tapas Pal was caught on tape exhorting party workers to kill Communist Party of India (Maoist) (CPI-M) activists even as he himself asserted he will gun down his rivals and let loose his "boys"

After his comments created huge uproar in the country, the TMC MP had to tender to his party and the media an apology. The controversy led to protests against Pal by various activists and other party workers.

On July 9, the Calcutta High Court while hearing a writ petition filed against Pal by Samit Sanyal, questioning that within periphery of our constitution and other law particularly like CrPC whether it is permissible under law for Pal to make such comments, criticised the West Bengal Government for maintaining silence over Pal's derogatory comments against women.