# SC pulls up Mahua Moitra for seeking virtual appearance over egg attack 2026-08-08T06:26:09+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra seeking permission to appear via video conference before police in a hate speech case. Justice Dipankar Dutta remarked, 'When our freedom fighters took bullets on their chest for the country, why are you afraid of eggs?' Moitra's counsel had argued she faced hostile crowds and was pelted with eggs during her last police visit in her constituency. The court rejected the request, stating such petitions should not come before it. With the dismissal, a Calcutta High Court order requiring Moitra to appear in person before the investigating officer on August 14 remains in effect. ## Coverage - aajtak.in - aajtak.in (2) This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:06:10+00:00. Tags: अंडा हमला, तृणमूल कांग्रेस, धार्मिक भावना, न्यायिक टिप्पणी, महुआ मोइत्रा, सुप्रीम कोर्ट Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sc-pulls-up-mahua-moitra-for-seeking-virtual-appearance-over-egg-attack/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sc-pulls-up-mahua-moitra-for-seeking-virtual-appearance-over-egg-attack/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/