CM Mamata Banerjee had earlier approached the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution, assailing the SIR exercise in the state.
West Bengal SIR News Live Updates: The Supreme Court on Wednesday will resume hearing the pleas challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi will hear the matter today.
What happened in the previous hearing? The Apex Court during the last hearing on March 31 had asked petitioners to approach the chief justice of Calcutta High Court with their administrative concerns. This comes after senior advocate Shyam Divan appearing for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suggested freezing of electoral rolls seven days prior to the polling date so that no eligible elector is left out. Divan had also suggested requesting the High Court to ensure that the tribunals directed to be constituted by the top court function with immediate effect so that the electors found ineligible may exercise the right to appeal and the tribunal may have time to dispose of the appeal before polling.
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Appointment of appellate tribunals: On March 11, the Supreme Court had asked the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to request few former CJs and two-three judges of the high court, preferably Calcutta or neighbouring states, to hear the appeal of those persons whose claim for inclusion has been rejected by the Judicial officers. The top court directed the ECI to issue a notification in consultation with CJ of Calcutta HC notifying the former CJ/judges as the appellate tribunal.
“The CJ of Calcutta may request some former CJ and two-three judges of the high court, preferably Calcutta or neighbouring states who shall be notified as the appellate tribunal. The ECI shall issue a notification in consultation with CJ of Calcutta HC notifying the former CJ/judges as the appellate tribunal,” CJI had said.
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