Bengal SIR tribunals must work faster: Supreme Court

“The
p ocess
ca ot
be
so
slow
that
the
ext
assembly
electio s
would
be
due
by
the
time
the
appeals
a e
decided,”
said
CJI
Su ya
Ka t.

NEW
DELHI:
With
ea ly
34
lakh
appeals
pe di g
adjudicatio
befo e
SIR
appellate
t ibu als
agai st
deletio
of
vote s’
ames
i
West
Be gal,
Sup eme
Cou t
Tuesday
decided
to
take
stock
of
thei
pe fo ma ce
a d
suggested
they
speed
up
thei
wo k,
sayi g
the
p ocess
ca ot
be
u e di g,
eve
though
it
was
u willi g
to
set
a
deadli e
fo
decisio
o
appeals.“The
p ocess
ca ot
be
so
slow
that
the
ext
assembly
electio s
would
be
due
by
the
time
the
appeals
a e
decided,”
said
CJI
Su ya
Ka t
espo di g
to
a
petitio
complai i g
about
the
slow
ate
of
disposal
of
appeals
by
those
whose
ames
we e
deleted
f om
electo al
olls
du i g
thei
Special
I te sive
Revisio
(SIR).Petitio e
a d
Co g ess
leade
Adhi
Ra ja
Chowdhu y,
th ough
se io
advocate
Rauf
Rahim
said
the
p og ess
i
decidi g
appeals
by
the
t ibu als,
set
up
o
SC
o de s,
is
pai fully
slow
a d
equi es
impetus
to
speed
up
disposal
ate.
Chowdhu y
said
ames
of
lakhs
of
poo
people
have
bee
deleted
f om
the
vote
list
i
Mu shidabad
a d
they
do
ot
have
the
whe ewithal
to
app oach
SC.A
be ch
of
CJI
Ka t
a d
Justices
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
V
Moha a
said,
“These
t ibu als
we e
co stituted
o
ou
o de s.
A
substa tial
time
has
elapsed
si ce
they
sta ted
wo ki g.
We
must
co side
thei
pe fo ma ce
keepi g
i
mi d
the
pe de cy
a d
disposals.
Immediate
co ce
is
to
take
stock.”

“O ce
we
get
the
statistics,
we
would
be
able
to
p ovide
it
with
guida ce
a d
i fo matio
tech ology
to
help
speed
up
the
p ocess,”
Justice
Bagchi
said.
The
be ch
asked
Electio
Commisso
to
give
details
of
pe de cy
a d
disposals
by
Aug
25,
the
ext
date
of
hea i g.

Whe
Rahim
said
appeals
a e
equi ed
to
be
decided
ea ly
as
WB
govt
has
begu
dep ivi g
deleted
vote s
of
be efits
of
welfa e
schemes,
the
be ch
said
this
is
altogethe
a
sepa ate
cause
of
actio
which
should
be
adjudicated
by
Calcutta
High
Cou t.
“If
you
expa d
the
scope
of
this
petitio ,
we
will
se d
it
to
HC,”
it
said
a d
decli ed
to
fix
a
timeli e
fo
disposal
of
appeals.Chowdhu y
said,
“Seve al
people
whose
ames
a e
deleted
f om
vote
lists
have
made
appeal
befo e
the
t ibu als
a d
a e
waiti g
fo
the
fate
of
thei
cases.
But
the
p ocess
a d
i f ast uctu e
of
the
t ibu als
is
ot
sufficie t
fo
ea ly
disposal
of
such
a
huge
umbe
of
appeals
afte
givi g
p ope
oppo tu ity
of
hea i g.”