Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued a notification announcing the constitution of 19 Appellate Tribunals to hear objections on decisions taken by judicial officers during ongoing adjudications of cases classified under the “logical discrepancy” category during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal, which is heading for a two‑phase Assembly poll next month. The notification stated: “In pursuance of the order dated 10.03.2…
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Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The Judicial Officers involved in the process of judicial adjudication of the voters classified under the “logical discrepancy” category have been able to complete the process for 25 per cent of the voters referred for judicial arbitration till Friday night.Out of this, 34 per cent of the cases for which the process of judicial adjudication has been completed have been found excludable from the voters’ list till this time.“A total of little over 60 lakh cases wer…
Patna, March 13 (IANS) Ahead of the voting for the Rajya Sabha elections, the Bihar Legislative Assembly received a bomb threat on Friday. According to an official, the threat was sent through an email warning of a plan to blow up the Assembly premises.Taking immediate cognisance of the matter, Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar convened a meeting with senior officials of the Assembly Secretariat.The Speaker directed Officer-in-Charge (Secretary) Khyati Singh to inform the Chief Secretary and the Direc…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the constitution of Appellate Tribunals, comprising former High Court Chief Justices and judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from the electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound West Bengal. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant clarified that decisions taken by judicial officers during the SIR process cannot be challenged before any executive or administrati…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising Justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi will take up the petitions filed by Bane…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state. As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising Justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi will take up the petitions filed by Bane…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The final voters’ list in West Bengal, prepared as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), was published on Saturday, with the total number of deleted voters standing at 61,78,245.The figure is likely to increase further, as identity documents of around 60 lakh voters are currently under judicial adjudication by judicial officers appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), following directions of the Supreme Court.Announcing this at a press confere…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) North 24 Parganas district has recorded the highest number of “under adjudication” cases in West Bengal ahead of the publication of the final voters’ list by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday.As already clarified by the Commission, the final voters’ list will classify electors into three categories — “approved”, “under adjudication”, and “deleted”. The “under adjudication” category comprises voters identified under the “logical d…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) With the final voters’ list in West Bengal to be published on Saturday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to share soft copies of the list with the registered political parties in the state for transparency.At the same time, the ECI is keeping multiple options open for the voters to check the status of their names in the final list, which will have names under two additional categories of “under adjudication” and “deleted”, apart from those enlisted as g…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, sought 200 judicial officers — 100 each from the High Courts of Odisha and Jharkhand — to join the team of judicial officers already appointed for adjudication of voters’ documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category.The decision to seek these 200 judicial officers from the neighbouring states was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul. The meeting was attended by C…