The Supreme Court agreed to consider on Tuesday a fresh plea filed by some persons whose names have been deleted from the electoral rolls by the Election Commission during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the submissions of senior advocate Maneka Guruswamy that the plea pertained to deletion of erstwhile voters from the rolls.
“These are electors. They had voted earlier and now their documents have not been taken,” the senior lawyer said.
“But in the scheme of things, we cannot sit on appeal over the decisions of the judicial officers,” the CJI observed.
When the senior lawyer said the appeals are maintainable, the bench said it will hear on Tuesday.
On February 24, the top court allowed the deployment of West Bengal civil judges, in addition to 250 district judges, and the requisitioning of judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha to handle 80 lakh claims and object​The Supreme Court agreed to consider on Tuesday a fresh plea filed by some persons whose names have been deleted from the electoral rolls by the Election Commission during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the submissions of senior advocate Maneka Guruswamy that the plea pertained to deletion of erstwhile voters from the rolls.
“These are electors. They had voted earlier and now their documents have not been taken,” the senior lawyer said.
“But in the scheme of things, we cannot sit on appeal over the decisions of the judicial officers,” the CJI observed.
When the senior lawyer said the appeals are maintainable, the bench said it will hear on Tuesday.
On February 24, the top court allowed the deployment of West Bengal civil judges, in addition to 250 district judges, and the requisitioning of judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha to handle 80 lakh claims and object ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
