Single-judge Justice Amrita Sinha slammed the advocates for the petitioners for such poorly drafted petitions and said that lawyers cannot treat such matters casually.
Zealotry of cadres and desperation to cling on to polls as a meal ticket may have held back Didi’s Bengal, while the sheer weight of ruling straps negates the need for bloodletting in other states
The petitioners claimed that there was a call to boycott the vote in the area as it was claimed that since the place was under the New Town Kolkata Development Area, it should not remain part of a village panchayat