The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on a petition filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging the debit freeze imposed on three party accounts. The hearing was postponed until July 9 after the court took note of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s request citing personal difficulty. During the proceedings, a private bank submitted details regarding the funds held in the three debit-frozen accounts of the party.

However, Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya did not open or examine the report submitted by the bank as the hearing was adjourned before the matter could be taken up further. The court had earlier, on July 2, directed the private bank to provide details of the corpus amount maintained in the affected accounts. The direction was issued during the hearing of the TMC faction’s plea challenging the restrictions placed on the party’s banking operations.

The case relates to the debit freeze imposed on three accounts belonging to the Trinamool Congress, with the party’s Mamata Banerjee-led faction approaching the High Court against the action. The reasons behind the freeze and the legal issues surrounding it are being examined by the court as part of the ongoing proceedings. Appearing for the Bidhannagar Police, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the court during Wednesday’s hearing.

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After considering his request, Justice Bhattacharyya decided to defer the matter and scheduled the next hearing for Thursday. Meanwhile, senior advocate Kishore Dutta, representing the Mamata Banerjee-led faction, informed the court that additional TMC accounts had also been subjected to debit freezes. He said the party would submit a supplementary affidavit regarding the newly mentioned accounts during the next hearing.

The development comes amid a legal dispute over access to the party’s funds and the restrictions placed on its banking accounts. The High Court’s proceedings are expected to determine the validity of the debit freeze and consider the submissions made by both sides. The matter will now come up for further hearing on July 9, when the court is expected to examine the bank’s report and the additional details submitted by the parties involved. Further directions may be issued after hearing arguments from the TMC faction, the police and other concerned parties.

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