KOLKATA: Bengal’s panchayat ballot agenda, already disrupted as soon as, is headed for another spherical of uncertainty after the Calcutta High Court’s terming of the new agenda as “handiest tentative” and its serious grievance of the State Election Commission for announcing May 14 because the date of vote casting with out first making sure foolproof security.
The SEC has already had to reschedule the polling date to a one-day vote on May 14, scrapping the original threeday vote scheduled for May 1, 3 and five, after a court docket order extending the nomination paper-filing closing date. Tuesday’s order has now forged a shadow on the rescheduled ballot date as smartly and forced the state leader secretary to convene an emergency assembly on the state secretariat on Thursday to speak about adequate security preparations for rural polls.
The trial court docket of Justice Subrata Talukdar, while hearing the petitions filed by opposition events on Tuesday, made it clear that the SEC had a constitutional accountability to provide security and may just no longer move ahead with the vote with out first having the logistics in position.
The ballot date could be handled as ultimate handiest after the department bench of the similar court docket examined the “security plan” submitted by the SEC, Justice Talukdar held, taking a cue from SEC legal professional Saktinath Mukherjee’s submission that “the safety preparations belong to the realm of the department bench”. Justice Talukdar directed the ballot panel to treat the notified polling date as “handiest tentative” while taking note of the commission’s “diffidence” in announcing the date.
‘Tidal wave’ of court cases
The HC felt this was once glaring from the language of the State Election Commission notification of April 26, which described May 14, 2018, “because the date on which ballot shall, if important, be taken”.
The trial court docket also placed on file its “discomfiture” over the spate of petitions coming to the court docket like a “tidal wave” in spite of its reminding the State Election Commission of its obligations over and over.
Senior legal professional and Trinamool member of Parliament Kalyan Banerjee later stated that he apprehended a conspiracy against “the maintaining of rural polls” but PDS secretary Samir Putatunda welcomed the order. “This is a landmark judgement in election historical past, the place a court docket has dominated the ballot date announced by an SEC is handiest tentative,” he stated.
Senior legal professional and previous Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee expressed his “disgust” with the SEC’s functioning.
“I've never come across so many litigations over one ballot. The SEC is a constitutional frame and wishes to be aware of its obligations,” Chatterjee stated.
The SEC has already had to reschedule the polling date to a one-day vote on May 14, scrapping the original threeday vote scheduled for May 1, 3 and five, after a court docket order extending the nomination paper-filing closing date. Tuesday’s order has now forged a shadow on the rescheduled ballot date as smartly and forced the state leader secretary to convene an emergency assembly on the state secretariat on Thursday to speak about adequate security preparations for rural polls.
The trial court docket of Justice Subrata Talukdar, while hearing the petitions filed by opposition events on Tuesday, made it clear that the SEC had a constitutional accountability to provide security and may just no longer move ahead with the vote with out first having the logistics in position.
The ballot date could be handled as ultimate handiest after the department bench of the similar court docket examined the “security plan” submitted by the SEC, Justice Talukdar held, taking a cue from SEC legal professional Saktinath Mukherjee’s submission that “the safety preparations belong to the realm of the department bench”. Justice Talukdar directed the ballot panel to treat the notified polling date as “handiest tentative” while taking note of the commission’s “diffidence” in announcing the date.
‘Tidal wave’ of court cases
The HC felt this was once glaring from the language of the State Election Commission notification of April 26, which described May 14, 2018, “because the date on which ballot shall, if important, be taken”.
The trial court docket also placed on file its “discomfiture” over the spate of petitions coming to the court docket like a “tidal wave” in spite of its reminding the State Election Commission of its obligations over and over.
Senior legal professional and Trinamool member of Parliament Kalyan Banerjee later stated that he apprehended a conspiracy against “the maintaining of rural polls” but PDS secretary Samir Putatunda welcomed the order. “This is a landmark judgement in election historical past, the place a court docket has dominated the ballot date announced by an SEC is handiest tentative,” he stated.
Senior legal professional and previous Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee expressed his “disgust” with the SEC’s functioning.
“I've never come across so many litigations over one ballot. The SEC is a constitutional frame and wishes to be aware of its obligations,” Chatterjee stated.
Bengal panchayat poll: HC says date 'tentative'
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