Calcutta HC stays move to take part of Amartya Sen's Shantiniketan land
The Calcutta High Court has granted an interim stay against an order by Visva Bharati to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to vacate 0.13 acres of his ancestral property at Shantiniketan. Sen moved the court after the university passed an order directing him to vacate the land despite an appeal against eviction being fixed for hearing on May 15, 2023. The university claims the land is under Sen's "illegal occupation."