Mahua Moitra

Moitra pleaded not to throw her out of the premises for the time being as she is a single woman and is undergoing treatment at a hospital

The Trinamool Congress leader has been asked to vacate the bungalow immediately, which had been allotted to her as an MP, they said.

Justice Subramoniun Prasad, while dealing with the Trinamool Congress leader's challenge to an official intimation asking her to vacate the government bungalow by January 7, noted that the rules permitted the authorities to allow a resident to overstay for up to six months on payment of certain charges in exceptional circumstances.

Moitra will seek the directorate of estates’ permission to continue to stay in the house till the Lok Sabha elections, her lawyer told the court

The court also refused to grant any interim relief to Moitra, though not dismissing her application for the same. The case is now likely to come up for hearing in March 2024.

Dubey had accused Moitra of taking a bribe from Hiranandani Group CEO Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions in Parliament and urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to constitute an inquiry committee to look into the charges against her.

During the course of the hearing, Mahua Moitra's lawyer told the court that she be allowed to retain possession of the accommodation till May 31, 2024.

The case was adjourned after Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is leading the bench, said he received case files late and could not go through them properly. The court will be closed for winter break from December 16 to January 2

On December 8, the Lok Sabha received a report from the ethics committee that recommended Mahua Moitra, the MP for the Trinamool Congress, be removed in a "cash-for-query" case.

The committee headed by Vinod Kumar Sonkar, at a meeting on November 9, adopted its report recommending Moitra’s expulsion from Lok Sabha over the "cash-for-query" allegation.

Moitra’s lawyers argue that social media attacks persist despite filing the lawsuit, emphasizing the need for an urgent interim order.

The Winter session of Parliament begins on December 4 and will have 15 sittings till December 22. The report of the Lok Sabha panel recommending the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader's expulsion is listed for tabling in the House on the first day of the session.

Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Speaker on Ethics Committee's proceedings against Mahua Moitra, urging a reevaluation of parliamentary committee rules.

Six members of the panel voted in favour of the report, including Congress MP Preneet Kaur who had earlier been suspended from the party.

"Hope Rs 13,000 crore Adani coal scam merits CBI PE before my witchhunt," she further posted on X.

Moitra was accused by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey of letting a Dubai-based businessman to access her parliamentary portal in lieu of bribes, and the Lok Sabha's Ethics Committee has recommended her expulsion

Last week, Moitra, who is facing recommendations for expulsion from Lok Sabha, was tasked with strengthening the party's organisation in Nadia district, in a clear message of support from the TMC.

On Monday, the TMC announced a revised list of district presidents for the state's 35 organisational districts. Moitra, who was the district president in Krishnanagar a few years ago before being removed in a prior reshuffle, has now been reinstated as the district president of Krishnanagar (Nadia North) organisational district.

The Committee, at a meeting on November 9, had adopted by majority the report that recommended Moitra's expulsion from the House for accepting "illegal gratifications" from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to raise questions in Parliament at his behest.

In a post on X, the TMC MP said, "Proud to go down in parliamentary history as 1st person to be unethically expelled by Ethics Comm whose mandate doesn't include expulsion. 1st expel & THEN ask govt to ask CBI to find evidence. Kangaroo court, monkey business from start to finish".