The Calcutta High Court's single bench led by Justice Kausik Chanda passed the order while hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition.
The petitioner's counsel submitted that the widow of his son, in that case, ought to be directed to give her 'no- objection' or, at least, respond to his request.
After a 19-year old woman married a person of her choice, her father petitioned the high court, complaining that his daughter's statement before a magistrate may not have been recorded in an atmosphere where she felt comfortable.
