Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The preliminary hearing at the Calcutta High Court on the public interest litigation (POL) challenging Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several top bureaucrats and police officers in poll-bound West Bengal concluded on Monday, with the ECI’s counsel arguing that the transfers of bureaucrats and police officers varies from state to state depending on the ground-level requirement in the state concerned.The next hearing by the division bench of Ch…
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Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Calcutta High Court challenging the transfers of bureaucrats and police officers of the West Bengal cadre ordered by the Election Commission of India (ECI) since the Model Code of Conduct came into force from Sunday.The PIL was filed at a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court in the run up to the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in the state next month.On behalf of the petitioner, Arka Nag, the PIL was filed by…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the recent reshuffle of senior police officers in West Bengal, alleging that the poll body is acting “very whimsically” and that such functioning had never been witnessed before. His comments come after the ECI transferred more than one and a half dozen IPS officers in the state as part of a fresh administrative reshuffle ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. Th…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) A delegation of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday urged the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member and Calcutta High Court senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee for his recent public remark threatening the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar.The three-member BJP delegation, led by the party’s state vice president and journalist-turned politician Jag…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal, to review the ongoing judicial adjudication of the voters’ documents identified as “logical discrepancy” cases as well the preparedness for the crucial upcoming Assembly elections, will begin from 10 a.m. on Monday with meetings with all registered political parties in the state.The full bench of the Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New Delhi late on Sunday evening with a packed schedule for the next two days.CEC Gyanesh Kumar and his team were received at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport by West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal and state Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty.CEC Kumar is scheduled to begin the visit early on …
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s order on Friday directing deployment of serving as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal has received mixed reactions from the political parties in the state.Union Minister of State and former president of BJP’s West Bengal unit Sukanta Majumdar said that the Apex Court’s order on Friday is a matter of sha…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Jadavpur University authorities to maintain law and order and ensure security during Saraswati Puja celebrations on the varsity campus.A division bench of Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen said that university authorities must take appropriate measures to maintain law and order, and the police station must provide assistance if necessary.In a public interest litigation filed regarding th…
Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has arrested an imposter who was trying to interfere in the working of the Directorate in connection with an ongoing investigation against Heera Gold MD Nowhera Shaik and others.The ED, Hyderabad Zonal Office, said on Monday that Kalyan Banerjee was produced before a Special PMLA Court, which remanded him to judicial custody till January 23.The ED said that after failing to legally protect properties acquired by her out of Proceeds of …