WB panchayat polls: SC dismisses Adhikari's plea against Calcutta HC order
1 year, 8 months ago

WB panchayat polls: SC dismisses Adhikari's plea against Calcutta HC order

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court declining to interfere with the West Bengal panchayat poll process. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice J B Pardiwala asked how can it stop elections midway when it is already scheduled. The Calcutta High Court on March 28 had refused to interfere with the West Bengal panchayat election process at this stage while holding that there is the substance in petitioner Adhikari's contention over the seat reservation criteria used for the polls. The high court had held that any interference at this stage in connection with the PIL filed by Adhikari may lead to the postponement of the panchayat elections in the state.

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HC Quashes Poll Related Violation Case Against MP
1 week, 3 days ago

HC Quashes Poll Related Violation Case Against MP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court quashed criminal proceedings against Vaddiraju Ravichandra, BRS Rajya Sabha member, accused of violating election-related norms during a rally held in 2018. misappropriation case Justice K. Sujana of the Telangana High Court granted bail to an accused in a financial fraud case involving the alleged misappropriation of over Rs 300 crore by …

'They Have To Be Given A Chance' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging SC/ST Reservations In Punjab's Gram Panchayat Posts
3 weeks ago

'They Have To Be Given A Chance' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging SC/ST Reservations In Punjab's Gram Panchayat Posts

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the challenge to the reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes in Gram Panchayat elections in village in Ferozepur, Punjab. The bench of CJI Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a plea challenging the two circulars issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Ferozepur through which the seat of the sarpanch of the village as …

Bombay High Court reserves order on election petition against Shiv Sena MP
1 month ago

Bombay High Court reserves order on election petition against Shiv Sena MP

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved its order on an election petition filed by Shahaji N Thorat, a taxi driver who contested the recent parliamentary elections and lost the Mumbai Northeast seat to Shiv Sena candidate Sanjay Dina Patil. Thorat initially filed the petition against the Election Commission and Patil, later seeking to amend it to include all candidates …

Supreme Court stays proceedings on election petition against AAP's Durgesh Pathak
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court stays proceedings on election petition against AAP's Durgesh Pathak

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice on a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Durgesh Pathak, in which he sought quashing of an election petition that challenged his victory in the 2022 Delhi Assembly bypoll. Providing relief to the AAP MLA from Delhi's Rajinder Nagar, the court also, in the interim, stayed further proceedings in the election …

Punjab panchayat elections: Citing poll violence, SAD seeks deadline extension for filing of nominations
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab panchayat elections: Citing poll violence, SAD seeks deadline extension for filing of nominations

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday appealed the state election commission to extend the deadline for filing of nominations for panchayat polls at all places where either violence had erupted, or Opposition candidates were not allowed to file papers due to “pressure from ruling party leaders”. A delegation, led by Dr Daljit Singh Cheema and Arshdeep Singh Kler, met Punjab …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 26 - September 1, 2024
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 26 - September 1, 2024

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 330 To 2024 LiveLaw 334 NOMINAL INDEX The State of Tamil Nadu v. SG Pushpalatha Gracelin and others, 2024 LiveLaw 330 R Rakkiyappan v. The State of Tamil Nadu, 2024 LiveLaw 331 CS Vaidyanathan v The Commissioner, HR & CE Department, 2024 LiveLaw 332 ANS Prasad v The Secretary and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 333 The Project Director, …

Maneka’s plea against Sultanpur MP’s election: Allahabad HC reserves order on maintainability
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Maneka’s plea against Sultanpur MP’s election: Allahabad HC reserves order on maintainability

Hindustan Times  

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday reserved its order on the maintainability of the petition filed by former BJP MP from Sultanpur Maneka Gandhi challenging the election of Samajwadi Party MP Rambhual Nishad. Nishad’s election was challenged on the grounds of not disclosing all the pending criminal cases against him at the time of filing his …

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence
5 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari staged a four-hour sit-in demonstration with a group of around BJP 300 workers outside Raj Bhavan on Sunday against the post-poll violence allegedly by the Trinamul Congress in the state. Mr Adhikari however announced the plan of a new agitation by the BJP on July 21, the day when TMC holds …

BJP's Suvendu protests near Raj Bhavan, alleging voter 'disenfranchisement' in Bengal by-polls
5 months, 1 week ago

BJP's Suvendu protests near Raj Bhavan, alleging voter 'disenfranchisement' in Bengal by-polls

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress did not allow thousands of genuine voters to exercise their franchise in the recently held by-elections to four assembly seats in West Bengal. Responding to the allegations, senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said repeated rejections of BJP by the people of West Bengal in every election …

Delhi High Court Refuses To Reject Plea Challenging Election Of AAP's Durgesh Pathak In Assembly Bypolls 2022
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Refuses To Reject Plea Challenging Election Of AAP's Durgesh Pathak In Assembly Bypolls 2022

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has refused to reject a plea challenging the election of Aam Aadmi Party leader Durgesh Kumar Pathak in the Assembly by-elections of 2022.Pathak was declared as a winner from Rajinder Nagar constituency by defeating his nearest rival by a margin of 11,468 votes.Justice Yashwant Varma rejected Pathak's application for rejection of the election petition filed by …

Calcutta High Court allows Suvendu Adhikari to stage dharna outside Raj Bhawan
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court allows Suvendu Adhikari to stage dharna outside Raj Bhawan

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday passed an order allowing West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to stage a dharna outside the Raj Bhawan. Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, had moved the court to seek permission for a dharna in front of the Raj Bhawan over post-poll violence in the state. Suvendu Adhikari had written …

Calcutta High Court Declines VHP's Plea Seeking Action Against CM Mamata Banerjee For Allegedly Objectionable Remarks Against Monk
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Declines VHP's Plea Seeking Action Against CM Mamata Banerjee For Allegedly Objectionable Remarks Against Monk

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has declined to hear a public interest litigation by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, for making allegedly objectionable remarks against a monk during her election rally for the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls.While dismissing the plea, a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice. The Calcutta High Court …

West Bengal Police blocks Suvendu Adhikari from entering Raj Bhavan amid post-poll violence claims
6 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal Police blocks Suvendu Adhikari from entering Raj Bhavan amid post-poll violence claims

India TV News  

Amid escalating tensions over post-poll violence, the West Bengal police on Thursday prohibited BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from entering the Raj Bhawan to meet Governor C V Ananda Bose. Earlier, Adhikari in his allegations has stated that, "During the election process and after the results were declared, opposition political workers, especially BJP Bengal Karyakartas, are being targeted in West Bengal. …

Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC over post-poll violence
6 months, 1 week ago

Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC over post-poll violence

The Hindu  

Amidst incidents of electoral violence continuing in West Bengal, almost ten days after the last elections, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court on the issue of post-poll violence. Last week, a single judge Bench of Justice Kaushik Chanda expressed concern over post-poll violence and …

[Lok Sabha Elections] BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Over Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal
6 months, 1 week ago

[Lok Sabha Elections] BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Over Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal

Live Law  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari has approached the Calcutta High Court flagging instances of alleged post-poll violence taking place in West Bengal in the wake of the Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharya, appearing for Adhikari approached a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, stating that the petitioner. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari …

Calcutta High Court raps West Bengal govt for failing to control post-poll violence
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court raps West Bengal govt for failing to control post-poll violence

Op India  

On Thursday, the Calcutta High Court rapped the Mamata Banerjee-led- Trinamool Congress government over post-poll violence in West Bengal. What happened after the last Assembly election, the same thing is happening this time also.” Calcutta High Court Cautions State Over Instances Of Post-Poll Violence, Directs Complaints To Be Submitted To DGP Through E-Mail | ⁦@Srinjoy77⁩#LokSabhaElections2024https://t.co/8ltQz6Dxdo — Live Law June 7, …

Post-poll violence: Calcutta High Court asks victims and witnesses to submit complaints directly to DGP
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Post-poll violence: Calcutta High Court asks victims and witnesses to submit complaints directly to DGP

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on June 6 expressed concern over post-poll violence and issued a directive allowing affected people to submit complaints to the State’s Director General of Police via email. A division bench comprising Justices Kausik Chanda and Apurba Sinha Roy directed that any person who is a witness to or is a victim of any post-poll violence could …

Bengal BJP seeks governors’ intervention after post-poll violence reports
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengal BJP seeks governors’ intervention after post-poll violence reports

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Incidents of post-poll violence poured in from several pockets of West Bengal, including Asansol, Howrah, Bhangar, Ghatal, Konnanar, Basirhat, Jhargram and Kolkata. A BJP office allegedly set on fire amid post-poll violence in West Bengal In most of the alleged incidents, it was the Bharatiya Janata Party workers who said that they were targeted and their houses and shops …

Lok Sabha Elections : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Rejection Of Independent Candidate's Nomination
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Rejection Of Independent Candidate's Nomination

Live Law  

The Supreme Court refused to entertain the petition filed by Abhishek Dangi challenging his rejection of nomination from Jehanabad Constituency as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Aravind Kumar was hearing a Special Leave Petition challenging the Patna High Court's order that had dismissed the Writ petition filed by him. …

BJP Moves Supreme Court Against Calcutta HC Order On Poll Advertisements MCC TMC West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024 May 27 Hearing
6 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP Moves Supreme Court Against Calcutta HC Order On Poll Advertisements MCC TMC West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024 May 27 Hearing

ABP News  

New Delhi, May 24 The BJP moved the Supreme Court on Friday, challenging a Calcutta High Court order that has refused to interfere with a single-judge ruling restraining the party from issuing The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a vacation bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal. On May 22, a division bench of the …

Calcutta HC’s OBC Order Gives BJP’s ‘Muslim Quota’ Charge a New Lease of Life in Last Leg of Elections
7 months ago

Calcutta HC’s OBC Order Gives BJP’s ‘Muslim Quota’ Charge a New Lease of Life in Last Leg of Elections

News 18  

The Bharatiya Janata Party started its Lok Sabha election campaign with the ‘Muslim Quota’ charge that may have been a Karnataka issue, but was advertised by the party across India to make a case for appeasement politics against the Congress and INDIA bloc. With just two phases of the elections left, the BJP’s campaign has got a fresh lease of …

[Lok Sabha Elections] Calcutta High Court Dismisses BJP's Appeal Against Order Restraining It From Running Allegedly Derogatory Ads Against TMC
7 months ago

[Lok Sabha Elections] Calcutta High Court Dismisses BJP's Appeal Against Order Restraining It From Running Allegedly Derogatory Ads Against TMC

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal by Bharatiya Janata Party against an order by a single judge which restrained it from printing certain allegedly derogatory The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal by Bharatiya Janata Party against an order by a single judge which restrained it from printing certain allegedly derogatory A division bench of Chief Justice …

Calcutta High Court restrains BJP from publishing derogatory ads about Trinamool Congress
7 months ago

Calcutta High Court restrains BJP from publishing derogatory ads about Trinamool Congress

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on May 20 issued an injunction restraining the Bharatiya Janata Party from publishing The court, in an injunction order, also restrained the BJP from publishing A single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya restrained the BJP from publishing The court observed that a perusal of the newspaper It also criticised the Election Commission for not addressing the …

Lok Sabha polls | Madras High Court refuses to order special polling in Coimbatore Parliamentary constituency for left out voters
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Madras High Court refuses to order special polling in Coimbatore Parliamentary constituency for left out voters

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, refused to order special polling for the Coimbatore Parliamentary constituency for those who could not exercise their franchise because of their names having been rescinded from the electoral list. The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice G. Chandrasekharan disposed of a public interest litigation petition filed …

HC order on school jobs termination emerges a key poll issue in West Bengal
7 months, 3 weeks ago

HC order on school jobs termination emerges a key poll issue in West Bengal

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to hear the special leave petition of the West Bengal government challenging the Calcutta High Court order on termination of jobs of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff in State government- These appointments were made through the State Level Selection Test 2016 and the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on April 22 …

Lok Sabha polls | Complaint against CMDA PRO will be dealt with appropriately, ECI tells Madras High Court
8 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | Complaint against CMDA PRO will be dealt with appropriately, ECI tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Thursday, April 18, 2024, disposed of a writ petition filed against Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority public relations officer S.M. Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice J. Sathya Narayana Prasad recorded the submission of ECI standing counsel Niranjan Rajagopalan that the CMDA PRO was not on election duty and therefore the complaint of him having …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 25 - March 31, 2024
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 25 - March 31, 2024

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 131 To 2024 LiveLaw 142 NOMINAL INDEX T.Senguttuvan v Ashokkumar K and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 131 Thai Mookambikaa Ladies Hostel v. Union of India, 2024 LiveLaw 132 Suo Motu v State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 133 Simon and Others v State, 2024 LiveLaw 134 Srikaran V @ Murugan v The Director of Rehabilitation, 2024 …

HC dismisses plea against MLAs, sitting Rajya Sabha members contesting LS polls
9 months ago

HC dismisses plea against MLAs, sitting Rajya Sabha members contesting LS polls

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest writ petition against sitting Rajya Sabha MPs and MLAs contesting Parliament elections without resigning from their respective posts. According to him, some of the sitting Rajya Sabha members and MLAs were contesting in the Lok Sabha elections without completing the tenure in those respective posts. If …

BJP slams West Bengal govt for opposing HC's decision on Shajahan Sheikh
9 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP slams West Bengal govt for opposing HC's decision on Shajahan Sheikh

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday dubbed it as a matter of "great shame" that the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal was opposing the Calcutta High Court order to hand over the custody of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh to the CBI in the ED officers attack case. Addressing a press conference, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the …

BJP MLAs reach violence-hit Sandeshkhali after police stop them briefly
10 months ago

BJP MLAs reach violence-hit Sandeshkhali after police stop them briefly

Hindustan Times  

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Shankar Ghosh reached Sandeshkhali to meet locals hours after the police prevented BJP MLAs on Tuesday from travelling to the restive area in North 24 Parganas district. Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari The situation in Sandeshkhali has been tense for over 10 …

Calcutta HC division bench refuses state govt appeal, allows BJP leader Suvendu to visit Sandeshkhali
10 months ago

Calcutta HC division bench refuses state govt appeal, allows BJP leader Suvendu to visit Sandeshkhali

New Indian Express  

Justice Chanda on Monday directed the state to deploy adequate number of security personnel to ensure that no untoward incident takes place during Adhikari's visit to Sandeshkhali village in Sandeshkhali block II in North 24 Parganas district. Adhikari's advocate Billwadal Bhattacharya stated before the division bench that Adhikari and Ghosh were prevented by police from reaching Sandeshkhali on the ground …

WB Panchayat Polls: High Court Grants Additional Time To SEC Head Rajiva Sinha To Respond To Contempt Rule
1 year ago

WB Panchayat Polls: High Court Grants Additional Time To SEC Head Rajiva Sinha To Respond To Contempt Rule

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted additional time to West Bengal Chief Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, to respond to the contempt rule issued against him in October this year. The contempt rule was issued against Sinha and the SEC for alleged violation of Court orders pertaining to the deployment of central forces during the Panchayat polls, which led to …

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 9 To October 15, 2023
1 year, 2 months ago

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 9 To October 15, 2023

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX State of WB v Sudipta Ghosh 2023 LiveLaw 312 Shantibala Naskar Vs. State of West Bengal and others 2023 LiveLaw 313 Srimanta Malik & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw 317 Suvendu Adhikari v Rajiva Sinha State Election Commissioner & connected applications 2023 LiveLaw 318 Review Of Judgement Cannot Be “Cloaked Appeal,” Must Be Within Contours Of Order 47 Rule 1 …

‘Public Interest Or Political Interest Litigation?’: Calcutta High Court In Plea For FIRs Against Suvendu Adhikari Over Panchayat Election Comments
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Public Interest Or Political Interest Litigation?’: Calcutta High Court In Plea For FIRs Against Suvendu Adhikari Over Panchayat Election Comments

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court today took up a PIL upon directions of the Supreme Court, pertaining to registration of FIRs and initiation of criminal proceedings against BJP's Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari. Mukherji, which had lifted a stay on coercive action against Adhikari, and directed the West Bengal police to register an FIR for his comments during …

Supreme Court Sets Aside Calcutta HC Order Allowing FIR Against Suvendhu Adhikari; Asks CJ To Take Fresh Decision
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Sets Aside Calcutta HC Order Allowing FIR Against Suvendhu Adhikari; Asks CJ To Take Fresh Decision

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the July 20 order order of the Calcutta High Court which had allowed the registration of FIR against BJP MLA Adhikari for allegedly making provocative remarks during the recently held West Bengal Panchayat elections. The Court further requested the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to decide the plea seeking FIR against …

West Bengal: BJP to corner TMC with mega rally on 19 July with people displaced by poll violence
1 year, 5 months ago

West Bengal: BJP to corner TMC with mega rally on 19 July with people displaced by poll violence

Firstpost  

BJP will continue exerting pressure on the West Bengal government, asserting that the law and order situation is deteriorating in the state The BJP has decided to organise a mega rally in Kolkata on 19 July with people who were forced to flee their house due to the violence during the Panchayat elections and after the results. On Sunday, state …

Calcutta High Court protecting BJP leaders, claims Abhishek Banerjee; party responds
1 year, 5 months ago

Calcutta High Court protecting BJP leaders, claims Abhishek Banerjee; party responds

India Today  

Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has accused the Calcutta High Court of granting protection to Bharatiya Janata Party leaders. This allegation is in cognisance with the high court's order to not take any coercive action against BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari. The ones who should be arrested, are being protected by the high court,” said Abhishek Banerjee, adding, “The 14 …

Panchayat poll results subject to court’s final orders: Calcutta HC
1 year, 5 months ago

Panchayat poll results subject to court’s final orders: Calcutta HC

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday said that the final results of the West Bengal panchayat election will be subject to its final orders on a batch of petitions that ranged from seeking repolling in several booths to a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the poll-linked violence. The HC on Wednesday said that the final results of …

Bengal Panchayat Polls False Voting at thousands of booths, collecting evidence Suvendu Adhikari Calcutta HC
1 year, 5 months ago

Bengal Panchayat Polls False Voting at thousands of booths, collecting evidence Suvendu Adhikari Calcutta HC

ABP News  

The West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday announced to conduct repolling on nearly 700 booths for the panchayat elections where voting took place on Saturday. While voting is underway, BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari again slammed the SEC and accused the poll body of not giving importance to ‘thousands of booths where voting should have been conducted again’, as reported …

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari puts lock on election office after Bengal poll violence
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari puts lock on election office after Bengal poll violence

India Today  

In a symbolic protest against the violence during the West Bengal panchayat polls, the Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, locked the gate of the State Election Commission office in Kolkata. This protest came after BJP leader Adhikari's meeting with Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, where he had expressed his discontent with the violence that took place in several parts of the …

Bengal Panchayat Polls This Isnt Election This Is Death Suvendu Adhikari Says Central Forces Not Deployed Poll Violence
1 year, 5 months ago

Bengal Panchayat Polls This Isnt Election This Is Death Suvendu Adhikari Says Central Forces Not Deployed Poll Violence

ABP News  

West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday claimed that central forces have not been deployed as incidents of violence were reported from various parts of the state during panchayat polls. #WATCH | West Bengal panchayat election | West Bengal LoP and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari says, "This is not an election, this is …

Bengal Congress leader writes to high court, seeks to declare rural polls null and void
1 year, 5 months ago

Bengal Congress leader writes to high court, seeks to declare rural polls null and void

India Today  

Congress leader Kaustav Bagchi said he made a representation to the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court seeking an urgent hearing of a prayer seeking that Saturday's panchayat elections in West Bengal be declared null and void on account of violence and killings. Six people were killed till noon since the panchayat polls started at 7 am and another …

Apprehension Of Post-Poll Violence Can't Be Brushed Aside: Calcutta HC Directs Central Forces To Remain In WB After Panchayat Election Results
1 year, 5 months ago

Apprehension Of Post-Poll Violence Can't Be Brushed Aside: Calcutta HC Directs Central Forces To Remain In WB After Panchayat Election Results

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday passed a direction for central armed forces to remain in the State for a period of ten days after declaration of results in the West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2023, on the 12th of July. Upon noting the submissions advanced by Senior Advocate Guru Krishna Kumar for the applicant, highlighting the previous incidents of post-poll …

BJP asks poll body to remove Bengal police chief over pre-poll violence remarks
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP asks poll body to remove Bengal police chief over pre-poll violence remarks

India Today  

Ahead of the July 8 West Bengal panchayat polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shishir Bajoria wrote to the State Election Commission on Thursday, asking for the removal of the state police chief for his statements on the deaths in the Bengal pre-poll violence. Just because two or three incidents of extreme violence have occurred, it does not mean that …

Election Violence: Calcutta High Court Finds Similarities In Voter's PIL And Petition Filed By Prospective Candidates, Says It's Prima Facie A 'Set Up'
1 year, 5 months ago

Election Violence: Calcutta High Court Finds Similarities In Voter's PIL And Petition Filed By Prospective Candidates, Says It's Prima Facie A 'Set Up'

Live Law  

A Calcutta High Court division bench of Chief Justice Sivagnaman and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta, on Monday, took exception to the fact that a Public Interest Litigation filed by “independent voters” may have been politically motivated. The voters had complained that the unopposed elections of ruling-party candidates from their block, while stopping the nomination of rival “prospective candidates” took away …

Breaking | Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks Stoppage Of Panchayat Elections, Declaration Of Emergency In West Bengal
1 year, 5 months ago

Breaking | Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks Stoppage Of Panchayat Elections, Declaration Of Emergency In West Bengal

Live Law  

In the wake of alleged violence amid upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal, an urgent petition was mentioned today before the Calcutta High Court seeking declaration of State emergency and stoppage of elections, otherwise slated to be held on July 8. The plea was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice Sivagnaman and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta stating, "the …

Unedifying row: The Hindu Editorial on panchayat polls in West Bengal and security
1 year, 6 months ago

Unedifying row: The Hindu Editorial on panchayat polls in West Bengal and security

The Hindu  

The controversy in West Bengal in the matter of deployment of central paramilitary forces ahead of the panchayat elections to be held on July 8 is quite unedifying. A perceived delay in identifying sensitive areas resulted in the Calcutta High Court ordering the poll body to ask for and deploy central forces. In yet another unfortunate turn, the SEC responded …

'Polls Should Be Stopped If Bloodbath Continues': Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Violence During Nominations For Panchayat Elections
1 year, 6 months ago

'Polls Should Be Stopped If Bloodbath Continues': Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Violence During Nominations For Panchayat Elections

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court today directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe into alleged instances of violence and corruption that have taken place during nominations for elections to the Three-tier Panchayati Raj System in West Bengal, slated to be held on July 8. A single-judge Bench of Justice Amrita Sinha took exception to the claims of abject violence taking …

Bengal Panchayat Election Violence: CPIM Worker Succumbs To Injuries, 8 Dead In 15 Days
1 year, 6 months ago

Bengal Panchayat Election Violence: CPIM Worker Succumbs To Injuries, 8 Dead In 15 Days

ABP News  

Ahead of the panchayat polls in West Bengal, which are slated to be held on July 8, the state is witnessing continuous violence. The remarks of the apex court came as it dismissed the petitions of the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission challenging the Calcutta High Court order directing the state poll panel to deploy central forces …

No end of violent incidents in West Bengal; house, shop torched by mob in Muribasti
1 year, 6 months ago

No end of violent incidents in West Bengal; house, shop torched by mob in Muribasti

India TV News  

West Bengal violence: The streak of violent incidents continues in West Bengal ahead of Panchayat election in the state. CPI worker dies of injuries suffered in pre-panchayat poll clash In another turn of events, a CPI worker died on Wednesday at a nursing home in Siliguri from injuries suffered during a clash at Chopra in North Dinajpur district on June …

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