West Bengal SIR: Supreme Court Seeks Data On Appeals Decided By Voter Roll Tribunals

New
Delhi,
Aug
11
(PTI)
The
Sup eme
Cou t
o
Tuesday
asked
the
Electio
Commissio
to
p ovide
details
of
the
appeals
decided
so
fa
by
the
apex
cou t-appoi ted
t ibu als,
which
we e
tasked
to
deal
with
the
pleas
of
those
deleted
du i g
the
Special
I te sive
Revisio
(SIR)
of
electo al
olls
i
West
Be gal.

A
be ch
comp isi g
Chief
Justice
Su ya
Ka t
a d
justices
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
V
Moha a
took
ote
of
the
plea
filed
by
Co g ess
leade
Adhi
Ra ja
Chowdhu y
seeki g
expeditious
disposal
of
SIR- elated
cases
befo e
appellate
t ibu als
i
the
state.

“You
eed
to
give
us
the
qua tum
of
disposals
so
fa
because
just
fili g
a
appeal
is
ot
e ough.
What
is
happe i g
to
the
appeal
also
has
to
be
see ,”
Justice
Bagchi
said.

The
top
cou t
sought
details
of
the
cases
decided
a d
pe di g
befo e
the
appellate
t ibu als
i
the
state.

The
cou sel
fo
Chowdhu y
aised
the
issue
of
de ial
of
public
dist ibutio
system
(PDS)
be efits
to
those
deleted
du i g
the
SIR.

He
said
such
be efits
should
ot
be
de ied
till
appeal
is
decided
agai st
them.

The
be ch,
howeve ,
said
the
g ieva ce
elated
to
de ial
of
PDS
be efits
to
those
deleted
f om
the
electo al
olls
would
have
to
be
aised
befo e
Calcutta
High
Cou t
i
a
sepa ate
case.

“If
you
e la ge
the
scope
of
you
petitio
to
PDS,
we
will
ot
be
able
to
e te tai
it.
It
has
to
go
to
the
high
cou t.
But
if
you
a e
o
mo ito i g
of
the
appellate
t ibu als,
we
will
co side
looki g
at
it.
We
a e
of
the
fi m
opi io
that
whethe
the
State
of
West
Be gal
uses
deletio
of
the
SIR
data
to
de y
PDS
to
i dividuals
is
a
diffe e t
cause
of
actio .
It
has
to
go
befo e
the
Calcutta
High
Cou t,”
Justice
Bagchi
said.

Justice
Bagchi
said
the
mai
issue
was
the
qua tum
of
disposals
a d
ot
deletio
o
o -deletio
of
vote s
f om
the
electo al
list.

“You
eed
to
ethi k
the
e ti e
a chitectu e
of
the
appellate
t ibu al.
The e
a e
thi gs
like
o li e
access
to
judges.
The e
a e
a
lot
of
futu istic
thi gs
also
which
ca
be
do e.
But
the
mai
issue
is
the
qua tum
of
disposals.
We
a e
ot
o
deletio
o
o -deletio .
We
a e
o
the
qua tum
of
disposals,”
he
told
the
poll
pa el.

Se io
advocate
DS
Naidu,
appea i g
fo
the
poll
pa el,
u ged
the
be ch
to
list
the
plea
o
August
25
alo g
with
simila
matte s.

“To
be
listed
o
August
25,
tagged
with
the
pe di g
matte s,”
the
be ch
said
while
issui g
the
otice
to
the
poll
pa el
o
the
plea
of
Chowdhu y.

O
Ma ch
10,
the
top
cou t
had
o de ed
the
setti g
up
of
i depe de t
appellate
t ibu als
headed
by
fo me
high
cou t
judges
to
hea
appeals
agai st
exclusio s
f om
vote
lists
du i g
the
SIR
of
electo al
olls
i
West
Be gal.

Besides
setti g
up
appellate
t ibu als,
the
top
cou t
had
allowed
deployme t
of
t ial
cou t
judges
of
West
Be gal,
O issa
a d
Jha kha d
to
deal
with
the
SIR- elated
complai ts.

The
SIR
exe cise
i
West
Be gal
was
held
u de
the
cou t’s
supe visio
amid
allegatio s
of
i egula ities
a d
a
“t ust
deficit”
betwee
the
the
state
gove me t
a d
the
Electio
Commissio .& bsp;

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