New Delhi: The much-awaited hearing on the Nandigram killings was deferred on Monday for about a month after the state government sought two weeks' time to reply to the petitioners' affidavit.
The West Bengal government on Monday filed an affidavit in the Calcutta High Court on the incident of police firing in Nandigram that killed 14 people.
The state government submitted a 406-page affidavit before the High Court.
In its affidavit, the government had said the situation was 'horrible' in Nandigram since January 17.
Ten intervening lawyers also filed separate petitions.
Advocate General Balai Roy asked for at least two weeks' time to go through the petitioners' statements on the March 14 police firing in Nandigram which claimed 14 lives and left more than hundred injured.
Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) Counsel Joymalya Bagchi had also submitted an affidavit in protest against the police firing in Nandigram.
The CBI report on the firing will be provided to the state government and other petitioners. Monday was the first day of hearing on the case in the High Court. Next hearing will be held after three weeks.
(With agency inputs)
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