The Calcutta High Court has rejected petitions seeking that the 2023 West Bengal panchayat election be declared void because of non-compliance with basic principles of the Constitution and the statute aimed at ensuring free and fair polls. The court also denied a request for removal of the state election commissioner, stating that such a request is not maintainable as it is an independent constitutional body.
The division bench headed by Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam also directed the state to make arrangements for videography of the postmortem of persons killed in violence on poll day
The Calcutta High Court on Monday called for reports on the scale of alleged violence during polling for the West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2023 on July 8.A division-bench of Chief Justice T.S..
The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the inspector general of BSF, the nodal officer appointed for deployment of central forces for West Bengal panchayat polls, to file a report on the violence that took place in various booths on July 8. A division bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam directed the IG, BSF, the nodal officer appointed for deployment of central forces for the rural polls, to file a report on the violence which took place in various polling booths in the state during the elections on July 8.
The Calcutta High Court has observed that to ensure that the best competitor is chosen, the process of selection adopted by a public undertaking is required to be transparent.A single-judge bench of.