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Uniindia: Kolkata, May 4 (UNI) Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered for an interim stay on Visva-Bharati University’s eviction notice to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen to vacate 13 decimal of land of his Santiniketan residence by May 6.
The Nobel laureate asserted that any "contrary claim" to the plot couldn't stand till the expiry of the leasehold rights.
In the order, the central varsity asked Sen to vacate by May 6 or within 15 days of publication of last order on April 19, the land allegedly occupied in an unauthorised manner
The complainant took exception to the 'verbal abuse of such a personality by calling him a land grabber and encroacher', demanded strict action as per legal provisions
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said that she will hold a sit-in at Bolpur in case authorities of the Visva Bharati University try to "bulldoze" Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's ancestral house.