The court made the oral observation while dealing with a plea by lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai seeking an interim injunction to stop the expelled Lok Sabha MP from making “defamatory” statements against him.

Teams of the central probe agency reached Moitra’s residence in Kolkata and other cities early on Saturday, informed about the search proceedings and started the operation, they said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recently registered an FIR against former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra in connection with a cash-for-query case.

Additionally, the court further sought Moitra's response on her estranged husband Dehradai’s application seeking interim relief in the suit. The court has listed the matter for further hearing on April 08.

A defamation case had been filed by former partner of Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra and a Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai against the expelled MP at the Delhi High Court. The hearing of which will take place today.

The Delhi High Court dealt a significant blow to expelled Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra's legal battle on Monday by dismissing her plea seeking to curb BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai from making defamatory remarks against her regarding the cash-for-query scam case.