Kolkata: The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Thursday directed the West Bengal Bar Council to furnish details on former chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s status as a lawyer before May 16, after she appeared as an advocate to argue a PIL in Calcutta high court on ThursdayIn a letter undersigned by BCI principal secretary Srimanto Sen, the lawyers’ body sought her enrolment number, date of enrolment, whether her name is there on the state roll of advocates, whether she, during her CM tenure, gave any intimation of voluntary suspension or cessation from practice and whether any application for resumption of practice was submitted by her.“Mamata Banerjee served as chief minister of Bengal from 2011 to 2026. Having regard to the constitutional public office held by her during the said period, and without expressing any opinion at this stage on the permissibility or otherwise of such appearance, the Bar Council of India requires the factual status of her enrolment, practice, suspension, if any, and resumption, if any, to be verified from your records,” the BCI wrote.
