The Supreme Court has granted Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee permission to travel abroad for three weeks, overruling an earlier decision by the Calcutta High Court that had barred him from leaving the country due to a restriction on his movement. The decision was made by a bench consisting of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi, and V Mohana after Banerjee challenged the High Court's dismissal of his appeal for travel permission. The court noted that the parliamentarian had refused to appear before a medical board at a state-run hospital in Kolkata for an evaluation of his medical condition. The High Court had suggested that, had Banerjee complied with the medical assessment, it could have determined whether he required foreign treatment or not. This development comes after the Supreme Court urged the high court to expedite Banerjee's plea for travel permission on August 3, which was linked to conditions imposed in a case concerning alleged comments made at a public meeting during the West Bengal Assembly polls. The High Court had previously extended Banerjee's temporary protection from coercive action in the case till October 6 and directed him to cooperate with the investigation while maintaining his obligation not to travel abroad without court approval. This latest order comes as Banerjee had recently approached the court seeking cancellation of an FIR against him.