Calcutta HC stays the Customs summon to TMC MP Abhisekh's wife Ruchika

The bench comprising Justice I P Mukherjee and Justice Mohammed Nizamuddin issued the ruling after Banerjee’s wife moved an appeal before the bench against a single bench order asking her appeal before customs on April 8.

The court said the customs could not send her summon till July this year.
The bench also directed her to file an affidavit before the trial court stating her stance and why she had challenged the summon of the customs.

Senior counsel Ahin Chowdhury appeared for the Banerjee’s wife.
On Thursday, Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj of the high court directed Naroola to appear before a customs officer on April 8.

The judge also asked the customs authorities not to take any coercive measure when Naroola meets the assistant customs commissioner. The order followed a plea by Naroola seeking quashing of the notice.

The customs counsel, Ravi Prakash, claimed before the single judge bench that Naroola had been summoned as many “discrepancies” were found in her documents after her arrival in Calcutta on a Thai Airways flight on March 16.
Naroola’s advocate S N Mukherjee had contested the legality of the notice and said his client should get protection from the court.

“Since the police have been conducting an inquiry on the basis of an FIR by the customs, they do not have the right to conduct a parallel probe,” he said.