Home Minister Amit Shah Summoned issued by West Bengal special Court in A Criminal Defamation Case By Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee Admin Sat, Feb 20, 2021, at ,04:14 PM A designated MP/MLA court in West Bengal issued summons to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to appear either personally or through a lawyer before it on February 22 in connection with a defamation case lodged against him by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee. The special judge of MP/MLA court at Bidhannagar directed that Shah is “required to appear in person/by pleader” at 10 am on that day. The judge directed that Shah’s attendance either personally or through a lawyer is necessary to answer to a charge of defamation under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).