New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has held a YouTuber guilty of criminal contempt for publishing videos and banners containing derogatory and scandalous remarks against judicial officers and the judiciary, observing that the conduct was aimed at lowering the authority of courts and eroding public confidence in the justice system. A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja found that respondent Gulshan Pahuja, who runs the YouTube channel “Fight 4 Judicial Reforms…
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Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Just a day before the first phase of the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on Thursday, only 136 names of the 27 lakh cases were cleared in the first Appellate Tribunals supplementary list of voters that the Election Commission of India (ECI) published.At the same time, in the supplementary list, two names that the judicial officers had cleared during the judicial adjudication process were rejected by the Appellate Tribunals.To recall, after the final v…
Kolkata/New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Strongly condemning the alleged attack on judicial officers in West Bengal’s Malda district, the Calcutta High Court Bar Association on Tuesday passed a resolution suspending one of its members and calling for strict action against those involved. In a resolution adopted at an urgent general body meeting held at 1:30 p.m., the Bar body expressed “grave concern” over the incident that took place in the early hours of April 1 at Kaliachak in Malda, where sev…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the probe into the incident in West Bengal’s Malda district, where seven judicial officers deputed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were allegedly held hostage for several hours at a BDO office in Kaliachowk.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, while hearing a suo motu writ petition regis…
Patna, April 5 (IANS) BJP National Spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday remarked that it is not the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) which will be at fault during the upcoming two-phased elections in West Bengal, but rather the result of the incumbent Trinamool Congress will be “bad”.Speaking to reporters, Hussain alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is frustrated because “she knows she will lose (the election)”.He also referred to the alleged attack on judicial offi…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday night decided to hand over the probe into the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in minority-dominated Malda district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and instead entrusted the investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Earlier, on Thursday evening, information from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, had indicated that the CBI would probe t…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) requesting it to conduct an inquiry into the recent incident in West Bengal’s Malda district where judicial officers deputed for electoral roll revision work were allegedly gheraoed and attacked.In a communication addressed to the Director General of the NIA, the poll panel referred to the apex court’s order passed in a suo mot…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a virtual meeting on Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to ensure the arrest of every culprit behind the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district at the earliest by midnight. At the meeting, West Bengal Director General of Police Siddh Nath Gupta and the Malda district police superintendent, Anupam Singh faced the ire of the CEC for delayed response by the state police in …
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) A fresh protest has started in Malda since Thursday morning, this time in Mangalbari area of old Malda block. The protesters stated that many of their names have been removed from the voter list despite having valid documents.After being opened for a few hours at night, National Highway No. 12 was blocked again on Thursday. Tyres were set on fire and the road was barricaded with bamboo by the protestors.Police teams from Malda police station and CAPF jawans have bee…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the progress made in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, noting that a substantial number of objections have already been adjudicated and the remaining are likely to be decided by April 7.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant took on record communications received from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, indicating that more tha…