West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will seem within the Supreme Court docket immediately to argue the petition filed by her in opposition to the SIR course of in West Bengal.
The matter is earlier than a bench led by CJI Surya Kant.
Banerjee has filed a writ petition within the Supreme Court docket in opposition to the Election Fee of India, difficult the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) course of ongoing within the State.
The petition was filed on January 28, stating that the continuing course of will end in “large-scale disenfranchisement” brought on by “the opaque, hasty, unconstitutional and unlawful actions of the ECI.”
The petitioner has alleged critical irregularities within the classification of people beneath the ‘Logical Discrepancy’ (LD) class, claiming that the record of such individuals has not been uploaded on-line regardless of instructions of the Court docket.
Mamata Banerjee has contended that the failure to publish the LD record on the official portal has disadvantaged affected individuals of transparency and an efficient alternative to reply. Expressing insecurity with the SIR course of, Banerjee has sought a route that the polls be performed based mostly on the present rolls ready final yr.
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