Supreme Court to hear Mahua Moitra's Circuit House stay plea on Friday

The Supreme Court will hear Mahua Moitra's plea for a secure Circuit House stay. The case highlights her allegations of eviction and harassment during a constituency visit.Image used for representational purposes onlyNewdelhi,Oct 15, 2026 12:56 ISTThe Supreme Court will on Friday hear Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's plea seeking permission to stay at a Circuit House during a visit to her Krishnanagar parliamentary constituency in West Bengal for Durga Puja.Moitra has also sought adequate protection during the visit. She alleged that officials had earlier evicted her from the state-owned Circuit House despite her being allotted a room there.The matter came up before a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. "If the petitioner wishes to visit her constituency, necessary arrangements have to be made," Justice Bagchi said.Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for Moitra, sought temporary relief as she wished to visit her constituency during the festival. Durga Puja festivities begin on Friday. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the West Bengal government, said, "It may be kept next week. I will file the reply." When Moitra's counsel said the adjournment was being sought unnecessarily, Mehta said, "If it's to be sensationalised, I will file a reply overnight..."On October 1, the bench had asked the West Bengal government and others to respond to Moitra's plea seeking adequate protection during her visit to the constituency. Moitra alleged that district administration officials in Nadia, where Krishnanagar is the district headquarters, had evicted her from the Circuit House despite her room allotment.In a social media post, she claimed that on the night of August 14, a large crowd gathered outside the Circuit House and raised "Jai Shri Ram" slogans after she refused to leave the premises.Moitra wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking his intervention and threatened to move court over the alleged harassment. In her letter, she said nobody had informed her of any restriction when she booked the room or checked in.The MP said the Circuit House, located opposite the bungalows of the superintendent of police and the district magistrate, was supposed to be secure and a place where no crowd could gather, "let alone a lynch mob". The Supreme Court will take up her request for permission to stay there and for protection during her Durga Puja visit on Friday.- Ends