{
  "id": 456474,
  "title": "Abhishek Banerjee gets Supreme Court nod to travel abroad for 3 weeks for eye treatment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/abhishek-banerjee-gets-supreme-court-nod-to-travel-abroad-for-3-weeks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T09:51:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/abhishek-banerjee-gets-supreme-court-nod-to-travel-abroad-for-3-weeks-for-eye-treatment-11786352353114.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court has granted permission to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for three weeks to undergo eye treatment, following his challenge to a Calcutta High Court decision that had initially denied him the travel permission. The High Court had rejected his request, citing his unwillingness to appear before the medical board at the state-run SSKM Hospital the following day. Banerjee had then approached the Supreme Court, arguing that the medical board's opinion was necessary to determine if his treatment abroad was indeed required. The Supreme Court's decision allows Banerjee to travel overseas for treatment, following the court's direction to the Calcutta High Court to consider his plea within a week.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}