Calcutta High Court orders Mamata govt to pull down all anti-CAA ads

Court ruling follows filing of six PILs taking exception to TMC administration's campaign in West Bengal

In a setback to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Calcutta High Court passed an interim order on Monday directing the state government to remove all advertisements it posted to battle the debated Act and restrained it from issuing any such commercials further.

Soumen Sarkar, a lawyer by profession, had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the court over the advertisements published by the state government which allegedly highlights its opposition to CAA. Another five such PILs were filed consecutively. The chief minister, also party