Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday slightly modified its single-judge bench order on restrictions on the use of motorcycles ahead of the second and final phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal.A division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta directed that not only motorbike rallies but group riding on two-wheelers will also be barred on polling day and two days prior to it.Effectively, riding motorcycles in groups will not be allowed from Apr…
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Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday overturned the earlier order of a single judge bench quashing the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision to appoint college teachers as presiding officers for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal.On April 17, a single-judge Bench of Justice Krishna Rao quashed the ECI’s order for the appointment of college teachers as presiding officers for the forthcoming polls, but maintained that the college teachers who…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday approached a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging an earlier order by a single-judge Bench of the same court, quashing the poll panel’s decision to appoint college teachers as Presiding Officers for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal, later this month.On April 17, the Calcutta High Court’s single-judge Bench of Justice Krishna Rao, quashed the ECI’s order for the appointment of col…