Mamata vs Suvendu case: Preserve Nandigram poll documents and videos, Calcutta HC tells EC
3 years, 5 months ago

Mamata vs Suvendu case: Preserve Nandigram poll documents and videos, Calcutta HC tells EC

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Election Comission to preserve all documents, election papers, devices and video recordings connected to the West Bengal Assembly election that took place earlier this year. The high court issued directions while hearing a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging Suvendu Adhikari's victory from Nandigram during the assembly election held this year. Justice Chanda later recused from the case but imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Mamata Banerjee for the manner in which she levelled charge against the Calcutta High Court judge. Mamata Banerjee's lawyers had suggested that Justice Chanda should recuse himself from the case since he was associated with the legal cell of the BJP before his elevation as a Judge and had appeared in a number of cases on behalf of the said party before the high court as a lawyer.

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Mamata Banerjee restrained from making defamatory statements against Bengal Governor, orders Calcutta HC
5 months, 1 week ago

Mamata Banerjee restrained from making defamatory statements against Bengal Governor, orders Calcutta HC

India TV News  

The Calcutta High Court has restrained Mamata Banerjee from making defamatory statements against West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose. The judgment of the High Court has come after CV Ananda Bose moved an interim application in the defamation suit filed by him against the Chief Minister, two TMC MLAs and a Trinamool Congress leader. On Monday, Mamata Banerjee firmly stood …

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 …

More Mamata harasses Suvendu, higher position BJP would give him, says Amit Shah
7 months ago

More Mamata harasses Suvendu, higher position BJP would give him, says Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Slamming West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee a day after police raided the house of Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Suvendu Adhikari, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that the more Banerjee harasses Adhikari, the higher the position BJP would give him. But not even four annas were recovered from Adhikari’s house,” Shah said while addressing a rally at …

Ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay's ‘Mamata Banerjee, what is your price’ remark triggers row; TMC moves Election Commission
7 months ago

Ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay's ‘Mamata Banerjee, what is your price’ remark triggers row; TMC moves Election Commission

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday moved the Election Commission against former high court judge and BJP candidate, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, for allegedly making “misogynistic” remarks against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Former Calcutta high court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay joined Bharatiya Janata Party in March. Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who joined the BJP after resigning from his post as the Calcutta high court …

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari blames Mamata Banerjee for Bengal's Ram Navami clashes: ‘Miscreants assured…'
8 months ago

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari blames Mamata Banerjee for Bengal's Ram Navami clashes: ‘Miscreants assured…'

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal's leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday blamed Mamata Banerjee for the clashes during Wednesday's Ram Navami processions in West Bengal's Murshidabad that left four people injured. Suvendu Adhikari blamed Mamata Banerjee for the Ram Navami clashes in West Bengal's Murshidabad. “The Ram Navami Processions were disrupted and attacked at various places across the State of West Bengal, …

‘Mamata an opportunist’: Adhir Ranjan's jibe after Rahul Gandhi says seat talks underway
10 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Mamata an opportunist’: Adhir Ranjan's jibe after Rahul Gandhi says seat talks underway

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, calling her an ‘opportunist’, just hours after Rahul Gandhi said that the Trinamool Congress chief was ‘close to him and his party’. Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Mamata Banerjee. Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi, who is currently in …

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 …

‘Turmoil because of…': Suvendu Adhikari's attack on Mamata govt amid poll violence
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Turmoil because of…': Suvendu Adhikari's attack on Mamata govt amid poll violence

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government over the rising violence in the state amid panchayat polls. “.This is not an election.It's a ‘jungle raj’…today this land is in turmoil because of Mamata Banerjee & his nephew with the connivance of West Bengal Police.” Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition in West …

Bengal panchayat polls: BJP's Suvendu Adhikari moves high court against state election panel
1 year, 6 months ago

Bengal panchayat polls: BJP's Suvendu Adhikari moves high court against state election panel

India Today  

The Leader of Opposition in Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, has once again approached the Calcutta High Court in connection with the ongoing violence in the state ahead of the crucial panchayat poll. Adhikari has filed a contempt petition against the Bengal State Election Commission, claiming that the commission has failed to comply with the court's order to deploy central forces across …

Post-poll violence: Arrest warrant against Mamata Banerjee’s election agent
1 year, 11 months ago

Post-poll violence: Arrest warrant against Mamata Banerjee’s election agent

Hindustan Times  

A court in West Bengal’s East Midnapore has issued arrest warrants against four people including Sheikh Sufiyan, a ruling Trinamool Congress leader and chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s election agent in the Nandigram assembly constituency in 2021, in connection with an alleged post-poll murder. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee lost the Nandigram seat in the 2021 polls. The Central Bureau …

Court allows Abhishek Banerjee rally near Suvendu Adhikari's Kanthi home
2 years ago

Court allows Abhishek Banerjee rally near Suvendu Adhikari's Kanthi home

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court granted conditional permission to Trinamool Congress MP Abishek Banerjee to hold a political rally in Bengal’s Kanthi at the scheduled venue, less than 200 metres from the residence of the Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari. Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday filed a case before the Calcutta High Court against Banerjee’s decision to hold a public meeting …

‘Person I treated as brother…’: Mamata Banerjee after meeting Suvendu Adhikari
2 years ago

‘Person I treated as brother…’: Mamata Banerjee after meeting Suvendu Adhikari

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, for the time since her former aide quit the Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 state assembly election. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari. “I had a three-four minute's long courtesy meeting with …

Supreme Court Rejects Suvendhu Adhikari's Plea To Transfer Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition From Calcutta High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects Suvendhu Adhikari's Plea To Transfer Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition From Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Friday, made it abundantly clear that it is not inclined to allow the petition filed by Suvendu Adhikari seeking transfer of the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee out of the State of West Bengal. Justice Chandrachud observed that transferring the petition would indicate that the Apex Court is expressing its lack …

A year on, Suvendu Adhikari recounts post-poll violence in West Bengal
2 years, 7 months ago

A year on, Suvendu Adhikari recounts post-poll violence in West Bengal

Op India  

On May 2nd last year, Mamata Banerjee-led-Trinamool Congress returned to power in West Bengal by winning 215 of the total 294 Vidhan Sabha seats. Following TMC’s thumping victory, Bengal saw an orgy of violence in the State as the main opposition party BJP’s workers were brutally targeted across the state. More than a dozen BJP workers lost their lives in …

SC adjourns Suvendu Adhikari's plea seeking transfer of Mamata Banerjee's election petition from Calcutta HC
2 years, 11 months ago

SC adjourns Suvendu Adhikari's plea seeking transfer of Mamata Banerjee's election petition from Calcutta HC

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the plea of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari seeking transfer of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s petition challenging his election from Nandigram constituency outside the state, for two weeks New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the plea of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari seeking transfer of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s petition …

Supreme Court Adjourns Suvendu Adhikari's Plea Seeking Transfer Of Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition From Calcutta High Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Adjourns Suvendu Adhikari's Plea Seeking Transfer Of Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition From Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday adjourned for two weeks BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's plea seeking transfer of the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee out of the State of West Bengal.A Single Bench of Justice Hima Kohli adjourned the case after being informed that Senior Counsel Harish Salve appearing for Adhikari was engaged before …

Calcutta HC Seeks Response From Suvendu Adhikari By Nov 29 In Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Against Nandigram Results, Next Hearing On Dec 1
3 years, 1 month ago

Calcutta HC Seeks Response From Suvendu Adhikari By Nov 29 In Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Against Nandigram Results, Next Hearing On Dec 1

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari's election win from the Nandigram constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Polls to December 1. On the previous date of hearing, a similar adjournment had been sought on the ground that a transfer petition …

Mamata’s march: On West Bengal CM's win
3 years, 2 months ago

Mamata’s march: On West Bengal CM's win

The Hindu  

The victory of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur by-poll in West Bengal has come as no surprise but the margin of the victory and the little resistance put up by the Opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party have come as a shot in the arm for the ruling Trinamool Congress. Ms Banerjee’s record winning margin of 58,832 …

Mamata Banerjee wins prestige battle in Bhabanipur bypoll; 'I am man of match', says BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal
3 years, 2 months ago

Mamata Banerjee wins prestige battle in Bhabanipur bypoll; 'I am man of match', says BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal

Firstpost  

The TMC supremo registered a thumping victory by a record margin of 58,835 votes, eight percent higher compared to her performance in 2011 polls, when she won by 54,213 votes from the constituency Mamata Banerjee on Sunday won the crucial Bhabanipur bypoll in West Bengal, a victory that was both a prestige battle as well as crucial for her to …

Bhabanipur bypoll result: Mamata Banerjee wins landslide victory from home turf
3 years, 2 months ago

Bhabanipur bypoll result: Mamata Banerjee wins landslide victory from home turf

Deccan Chronicle  

Five months after her controversial defeat to Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP at Nandigram in the West Bengal Assembly elections, a wounded Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday bounced back, winning as an MLA from Bhowanipore again in a byelection by breaking all her past records of victory margins on her home turf to continue as the state’s chief …

Bhabanipur gave befitting reply to the conspiracy hatched in Nandigram: Mamata Banerjee after bypoll win
3 years, 2 months ago

Bhabanipur gave befitting reply to the conspiracy hatched in Nandigram: Mamata Banerjee after bypoll win

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she was "indebted to the people of Bhabanipur" as the TMC supremo won the South Kolkata constituency by 58,832 votes. A jubilant Mamata Banerjee said the people of Bhabanipur gave a befitting reply to the conspiracy that was hatched in Nandigram. TMC supporters celebrate outside West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence at …

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere With Bhowanipore Bypolls Date;
3 years, 2 months ago

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere With Bhowanipore Bypolls Date;

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a challenge made to the decision of the Election Commission of India to prioritize the bye-elections of Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency from where the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee is set to contest on September 30.A Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj however passed. The Calcutta High …

At Bhowanipore Campaign, Mamata Hints at National Ambition, Steps Up Attack on BJP, Cong
3 years, 2 months ago

At Bhowanipore Campaign, Mamata Hints at National Ambition, Steps Up Attack on BJP, Cong

News 18  

As the campaign for the September 30 Bhowanipore bypoll enters the final lap, Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek shared the stage on Sunday and indicated the start of a battle on the national front where the TMC could be an alternative to the BJP. Party’s all India general secretary Abhishek attacked the BJP and Congress, which he has been doing of …

BJP Ropes in Bengal Post-Poll Violence Victims for Bhowanipore Campaign to Show 'TMC Misrule'
3 years, 2 months ago

BJP Ropes in Bengal Post-Poll Violence Victims for Bhowanipore Campaign to Show 'TMC Misrule'

News 18  

As Bhowanipore bypoll campaign draws to a close, BJP has launched a blitzkrieg on the Mamata-led Trinamool Congress by roping in the victims of violence that ensued after the assembly elections in West Bengal early this year. We will show what happens in Bengal when somebody decides to support the opposition.” Central ministers and BJP stalwarts such as Hardip Singh …

BJP's latest charge against Mamata: Didn't disclose criminal cases against herself in bypoll nomination
3 years, 3 months ago

BJP's latest charge against Mamata: Didn't disclose criminal cases against herself in bypoll nomination

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not mention about pending criminal cases in her nomination papers for Bhabanipur by-poll. Banerjee, a resident of Bhabanipur, had won the seat twice in 2011 and 2016 but shifted to Nandigram, where the anti-farmland acquisition movement against the Left Front government had transformed her into a …

Will Bhowanipore witness Mamata vs Suvendu battle? Nandigram BJP MLA responds
3 years, 3 months ago

Will Bhowanipore witness Mamata vs Suvendu battle? Nandigram BJP MLA responds

India TV News  

Is Suvendu Adhikari, leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, going to contest the Bhowanipore Assembly seat once again against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee? During the West Bengal assembly elections held 4 months ago, Adhikari had defeated Banerjee from Nandigram assembly seat. The Election Commission on Saturday announced the date for the by-elections for three Assembly constituencies including …

West Bengal Elections How Is Mamata Banerjee CM Despite Losing Seat Bhabanipur Bypolls Election Commission
3 years, 3 months ago

West Bengal Elections How Is Mamata Banerjee CM Despite Losing Seat Bhabanipur Bypolls Election Commission

ABP News  

Kolkata: Election Commission of India on Saturday announced that the Bypoll to the Bhabanipur assembly seat in West Bengal, from where Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee plans to contest, would be held on September 30. The announcement came as a massive relief for TMC as it will give Banerjee a chance to become a member of West …

Bengal: By-election in Mamata's stronghold Bhabanipur constituency on Sept 30; counting on Oct 3
3 years, 3 months ago

Bengal: By-election in Mamata's stronghold Bhabanipur constituency on Sept 30; counting on Oct 3

India TV News  

The by-election in Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency in West Bengal will be held on September 30, the Election Commission said on Saturday. The poll body also said polls in West Bengal's Samserganj and Jangipur, and in Odisha's Pipli will also be held on the said date. The Bhabanipur assembly seat was vacated by the West Bengal agriculture minister and veteran TMC …

Bengal post-poll violence: Mamata govt moves Supreme Court against CBI probe
3 years, 3 months ago

Bengal post-poll violence: Mamata govt moves Supreme Court against CBI probe

India TV News  

The West Bengal government has moved Supreme Court, thus challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court directing the Central Bureau of Investigation probe into post-poll violence in the state. The CBI on Tuesday had registered 10 more cases related to the alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal, taking the total number of such cases to 31. The High Court …

Post-poll violence: Bengal govt to challenge Calcutta HC's CBI probe order in Supreme Court
3 years, 4 months ago

Post-poll violence: Bengal govt to challenge Calcutta HC's CBI probe order in Supreme Court

India Today  

The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has decided to knock on the Supreme Court’s doors after the Calcutta High Court refused to grant it any relief in the post-poll violence case. A five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, headed by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into alleged rape and murder cases and directed …

How Suvendu’s Plea to Transfer Nandigram Case from Bengal Could Cost Mamata Dearly
3 years, 4 months ago

How Suvendu’s Plea to Transfer Nandigram Case from Bengal Could Cost Mamata Dearly

News 18  

West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s decision to move the Supreme Court to transfer Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Nandigram assembly election result case — which she has filed before the Calcutta High Court — seems to be as much a political move as a legal one. A Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar at the Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned …

Calcutta High Court Adjourns Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition To Nov 16 In View Of Suvendu Adhikari's Transfer Plea In Supreme Court
3 years, 4 months ago

Calcutta High Court Adjourns Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition To Nov 16 In View Of Suvendu Adhikari's Transfer Plea In Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the application moved by BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari seeking adjournment on the ground that a transfer petition has been filed by him before the Supreme Court and is currently pending adjudication. On July 14, 2021 Suvendu Adhikari had moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief …

Calcutta HC adjourns Mamata Banerjee's petition against Nandigram election result till November 15
3 years, 4 months ago

Calcutta HC adjourns Mamata Banerjee's petition against Nandigram election result till November 15

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court has adjourned its hearing of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's petition against the election result in Nandigram constituency till November 15. In the state assembly election held earlier this year, Mamata Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram even as she retained the post of chief minister in …

Post-poll violence in Bengal worst than Calcutta killings, Noakhali, 1984 riots: Suvendu blasts Mamata govt
3 years, 5 months ago

Post-poll violence in Bengal worst than Calcutta killings, Noakhali, 1984 riots: Suvendu blasts Mamata govt

India TV News  

Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday attacked the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government over the issue of post-poll violence in the state. Lashing out at the Bengal government, Suvendu Adhikari said, "the post-poll violence in West Bengal has left behind the Calcutta killings, and the Noakhali riots of 1946, and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Earlier on Tuesday, amid the …

Mamata cries foul as NHRC submits final report on post-poll violence
3 years, 5 months ago

Mamata cries foul as NHRC submits final report on post-poll violence

Op India  

After the NHRC tore into the state machinery for the “retributive violence” by Trinamool Congress supporters after the West Bengal polls, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has started crying foul. They are maligning people of Bengal,” said Mamata Banerjee as soon as reports emerged on the scathing observations made by the statutory public body in its final report on the post-poll …

Suvendu Adhikari Moves Supreme Court To Transfer Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition From Calcutta High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Suvendu Adhikari Moves Supreme Court To Transfer Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition From Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee out of the State of West Bengal. The Chief Minister had moved an Election Petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging Suvendu Adhikari's election win from the Nandigram constituency in the West Bengal Assembly Polls. In a …

Mamata vs Suvendu: HC directs EC to preserve all records, devices related to Nandigram poll results
3 years, 5 months ago

Mamata vs Suvendu: HC directs EC to preserve all records, devices related to Nandigram poll results

India TV News  

Admitting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's petition for hearing, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that notice be served upon Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, whose victory from Nandigram in the assembly elections was challenged by her. Justice Shampa Sarkar directed that Banerjee's election petition will be taken up for hearing on August 12. Justice Sarkar held that …

Nandigram Recount Case: HC Accepts Mamata's Plea, Asks EC to Preserve Poll Records
3 years, 5 months ago

Nandigram Recount Case: HC Accepts Mamata's Plea, Asks EC to Preserve Poll Records

News 18  

Admitting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s petition for hearing, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that notice be served upon Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, whose victory from Nandigram in the assembly elections was challenged by her. Justice Shampa Sarkar directed that Banerjee’s election petition will be taken up for hearing on August 12. Justice Sarkar held that …

Suvendu Adhikari moves SC seeking transfer of Nandigram election case from Calcutta HC
3 years, 5 months ago

Suvendu Adhikari moves SC seeking transfer of Nandigram election case from Calcutta HC

India Today  

Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has filed a petition in the Supreme Court regarding the Nandigram seat recounting matter. The Calcutta High Court last week imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who had appealed to the court to remove Justice Kaushik Chanda from hearing her case against Suvendu Adhikari’s election win in …

Bengal's politics of by-election: The BJP game plan to checkmate Mamata
3 years, 5 months ago

Bengal's politics of by-election: The BJP game plan to checkmate Mamata

India Today  

Mamata Banerjee's defeat in Nandigram despite her party's thumping victory in the recently concluded West Bengal assembly election has become the BJP's proverbial stick to beat the Trinamool Congress with. Though Mamata is quite keen to hold the by-elections as early as possible, the mood in the BJP camp is quite contrary. BJP sources say in his recent meeting with …

Justice Shampa Sarkar Of Calcutta High Court To Hear Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Tomorrow
3 years, 5 months ago

Justice Shampa Sarkar Of Calcutta High Court To Hear Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Tomorrow

Live Law  

After Justice Kausik Chanda of the Calcutta High Court decided to recuse from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Election petition, the matter has now been assigned to the bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar.Banerjee's petition had challenged the election of BJP candidate Suvendhu Adhikari from the Nandigram Constituency in the recently held West Bengal assembly polls.Filing. After Justice Kausik …

Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Assigned to New Calcutta HC Judge
3 years, 5 months ago

Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Assigned to New Calcutta HC Judge

News 18  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's victory from Nandigram constituency in the assembly elections has been assigned to the bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar, court sources said here on Monday. Justice Kausik Chanda had on July 7 recused from hearing the Trinamool Congress supremo's petition challenging the election …

Calcutta HC judge Justice Kausik Chanda recuses himself from hearing Mamata Banerjee's election petition
3 years, 5 months ago

Calcutta HC judge Justice Kausik Chanda recuses himself from hearing Mamata Banerjee's election petition

Op India  

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Kausik Chanda on Wednesday recused himself from hearing the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the election of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram in recently concluded state assembly elections. Earlier, Supreme Court judge Justice Aniruddha Bose recused himself from hearing the appeal by the West Bengal government in the …

Without EC's help, BJP would not have crossed 30 seats in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
3 years, 5 months ago

Without EC's help, BJP would not have crossed 30 seats in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

India Today  

Had the Election Commission not helped the Bharatiya Janata Party during the state assembly election earlier this year, the saffron party would not have won even 30 seats, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Tuesday. Speaking on the fifth day of the ongoing West Bengal Assembly session, Mamata Banerjee continued her accusations against the poll body of supporting …

Mamata Banerjee's Application Seeking Justice Kaushik Chanda's Recusal: Calcutta High Court To Pronounce Judgment On July 7
3 years, 5 months ago

Mamata Banerjee's Application Seeking Justice Kaushik Chanda's Recusal: Calcutta High Court To Pronounce Judgment On July 7

Live Law  

A single bench of Justice Kausik Chanda of the Calcutta High Court will pronounce Judgment on July 7 on an application moved by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking his recusal from hearing her election petition.Banerjee's petition has challenged the election of BJP candidate Suvendhu Adhikari from the Nandigram Constituency in the recently held West Bengal assembly polls.Filing. A …

President's rule in Bengal? SC seeks response from Centre, Mamata govt and EC
3 years, 5 months ago

President's rule in Bengal? SC seeks response from Centre, Mamata govt and EC

India TV News  

President's Rule in Bengal News: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Centre to impose President's Rule in West Bengal in view of deteriorating law and order situation due to the post-poll violence which started on May 2, the day of assembly election results. Advocate Hari Shankar Jain -- appearing for petitioners Ranjana …

Nandigram poll result: Calcutta HC reserves verdict on Mamata Banerjee's plea seeking judge's recusal
3 years, 5 months ago

Nandigram poll result: Calcutta HC reserves verdict on Mamata Banerjee's plea seeking judge's recusal

Firstpost  

The CM said Justice Chanda was an active member of the BJP till 2015, and that there could be a bias because election of a BJP candidate is being challenged Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reserved its order on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s application seeking the recusal of a judge from hearing her petition challenging the …

'Mamata's Lawyers Too Have Political Links': Judge on Request to Reassign Nandigram Poll Petition
3 years, 5 months ago

'Mamata's Lawyers Too Have Political Links': Judge on Request to Reassign Nandigram Poll Petition

News 18  

Lawyers in the case also have political affiliations. One is from Congress, the other has a BJP background, yet the two are appearing for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, said Calcutta High Court additional judge Kaushik Chanda on Thursday. The observation was made while reserving the judgment in the recusal application moved by West Bengal CM in petition against Suvendu …

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