Kolkata: A PIL seeking a stay on suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s plan to lay the foundation stone for building a mosque modelled on the Babri Masjid , in Murshidabad district on December 6, is likely to be heard by the Calcutta High Court on Friday.

The Bharatpur MLA was suspended by the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Thursday.

The petitioner’s lawyer Sabyasachi Chatterjee mentioned the PIL before a division bench presided by Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, seeking a stay on the proposed foundation-laying programme, along with any other political involvement in matters related to construction of any religious edifice.

The public interest litigation (PIL) is likely to be heard by the division bench on Friday, Chatterjee said.

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