The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court's order regarding the deployment of central forces in West Bengal for the upcoming panchayat elections and dismissed the plea challenging it.
A vacation bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Manoj Misra rejected the plea filed by the West Bengal State Election Commission and WB State.
"A direction was passed on the Petitioner (WB State Election Commission) for deployment of Central Forces without providing adequate opportunity to the Petitioner by way of affidavit and such direction is an over-step of the judicial powers of the High Court," WB state election commission
Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora mentioned before the apex Court seeking an urgent listing of the petition challenging the Calcutta High Court's order regarding the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections. Earlier, West Bengal State Election Commission and the West Bengal Governme
"Every time there are elections in West Bengal, violence erupts. But there is no attempt to stop the violence because the party in power is doing it," Ghosh alleged.
"The ruling party in West Bengal is leaving no stone unturned to create an atmosphere of terror. It is impossible to hold panchayat elections in Bengal without tension and violence," said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Coming down heavily on the ruling Trinamool Congress over the incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal, Union Minister of State Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Sunday said the government was wilfully violating court orders and a s
After paying a visit to violence-hit Canning in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday said that he was "deeply distressed" with the clashes which took place on the last day of filing nominations for the panchayat elections.
Suvendu Adhikari also claimed that the Mamata Banerjee government aims to deploy trainee recruits into the force during the Panchayat elections in the state which is scheduled to take place on July 8.
"I am writing to bring to your attention the alarming and deteriorating lawlessness situation in West Bengal, particularly with regard to the upcoming Panchayat elections in the state. The current scenario presents a grave concern for the safety and well-being of the citizens and the fair co
West Bengal Police recover bomb-making material in Bhangar, South 24 Paraganas district, following the continued violence that happened on Thursday as well during nominations for Panchayat elections.