Supreme Court Probes Customs Officer’s Locus Standi to file PIL against Abhishek Banerjee’s Wife on 2019 Incident [Read Judgement]

Rujira Banerjee and her sister Maneka Gambhir were intercepted by the Customs Officials while arriving from Bangkok but the West Bengal Police intervened and prevented the search.
By Avinash Kurungot - On April 4, 2025 5:50 pm - 2 mins read
Supreme Court PIL - Public interest litigation - Investigation request - Taxscan

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by customs officer Raj Kumar Barthwal, who had sought an investigation into an incident from 2019 at the Kolkata airport involving Rujira Banerjee, wife of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, and her sister Maneka Gambhir. The incident in question occurred in 2019, when Rujira…

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