Abhishek faces voice test order in DJ case but secures relief in forgery dispute

Trinamool Congress (TMC) National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee is currently navigating a complex double legal battle in the Calcutta High Court following a series of criminal cases filed after the assembly elections. Represented by senior advocates Sabyasachi Banerjee and Ayan Bhattacharya, the parliamentarian's legal team approached the bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya to seek an urgent stay on an active police investigation regarding a controversial public speech. However, the court declined to hold an immediate emergency hearing, directing Abhishek's counsel to formally mention the application again on Tuesday, July seven, for an expedited review of the matter.

The first legal dispute involves a highly controversial public remark made by the Diamond Harbour MP during a campaign meeting in Baguiati before the elections. Banerjee had openly proclaimed that he would see who comes to protect his opponents after midnight on the fourth, challenging the authority of figures in Delhi and declaring that "the DJ will play so loudly, it will make ears ring." Following a public complaint registered at the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station, the investigation was transferred to the state CID, which obtained a lower court order commanding Banerjee to appear on Wednesday, July eight, for a mandatory voice sample collection in the presence of a magistrate and forensic experts.

Concurrently, the Trinamool leader secured significant legal relief in a separate, high-stakes signature forgery case being monitored by the emergency bench of Justice Shuvra Ghosh. This second case stems from an internal Assembly dispute where the signatures of seventy TMC MLAs supporting the nomination of Shobhandeb Chatterjee as Leader of the Opposition did not match formal swearing-in records, prompting a CID investigation into alleged forgery. Because the primary presiding judge, Justice Kaushik Chanda, is currently serving on the circuit bench, Justice Shuvra Ghosh officially extended Banerjee's interim protection from coercive police action until July seventeen, temporarily insulating the MP from immediate arrest.