‘बंगाल में कल तक वोटर लिस्ट पब्लिश करो’, चुनाव आयोग को सुप्रीम कोर्ट का 24 घंटे का अल्टीमेटम – supreme court west bengal voter list update deadline eci claims objections tribunal panel order NTC agkp
The Supreme Court gave strict orders to the Election Commission that the voter list of West Bengal should be published by tomorrow i.e. Tuesday under any circumstances. It was also said that even if all the documents are not digitally signed, a list should be prepared. Also ordered the Calcutta High Court to form a committee of three former judges today itself.
west bengal Assembly elections are going to be held in. Voting will take place in the coming few days. The voter list is updated before the elections. In this, new names are added and the names of those who have died or have changed their place are removed.
This time the names of lakhs of people have been removed from the voter list. Special Intensive Revision Removed under. People who felt that their names were removed by mistake lodged objections. That is to say, put our name back.
The number of these objections was very large. More than 59 lakh people filed claims and objections. A decision has to be taken after listening to all this.
What happened in court on Monday?
Supreme Court It was told that there were still 26,000 cases left which had not been decided. The last date for publishing the voter list was Monday, but the work was not completed.
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The court clearly said that the final voter list should be published by tomorrow i.e. by Tuesday. It also said that even if some papers do not have digital signatures, the list will not be stopped. election Commission told the court that all the remaining cases would be settled by the end of the day today.
What is the matter of tribunal?
Those whose names were removed and their objections were not considered can appeal. For this, 19 appellate tribunals have been formed. That means 19 special courts which will hear only these cases.
But there was no uniform method of hearing in these 19 tribunals. Work was being done in different ways everywhere. People did not understand what to do, where to go.
So the Supreme Court ordered the Calcutta High Court to form a committee of three former Chief Justices or senior judges today itself which would decide the same rules by tomorrow.
The court also said that the tribunals should look at all the documents again so that no mistake is made with anyone and everyone gets a chance to be heard.
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What’s the whole thing?
It is a question of votes of millions of people. If someone’s name is removed from the list by mistake, he will not be able to vote. And elections are near. That is why the Supreme Court has taken a strict stand that there will be no further delay. The list should come out on Tuesday, rules should be made and people should get their rights.
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