Supreme Court Urges TMC to File Separate Grievances on Bengal Electoral Roll Issues
SC suggests TMC file separate pleas on Bengal electoral roll grievances
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The Supreme Court of India has suggested that the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) file separate applications regarding grievances over the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, which the party claims affected the recent Assembly election results in West Bengal. The Court will also seek a report from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on pending voter inclusion appeals.
- 01The Supreme Court suggested the Trinamool Congress file separate grievances about electoral roll revisions.
- 02The party claims that deletions during the revision impacted election outcomes.
- 03The BJP won 206 seats while the TMC secured 80 in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections.
- 04The Court previously directed expedited hearings for appeals related to electoral roll exclusions.
- 05Only 136 out of nearly 2.7 million appeals have been resolved so far.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court of India recommended that the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) submit individual applications concerning grievances about the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. The AITC argues that voter deletions during this revision significantly influenced the Assembly election results, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 206 seats compared to the TMC's 80 seats. Senior Advocate Kalyan Banerjee, representing the TMC, highlighted that nearly 5,000 appeals for voter inclusion remain pending, with one constituency lost by just 862 votes. The ECI countered that any issues regarding the SIR process should be addressed through election petitions. The Supreme Court has previously ordered Appellate Tribunals to prioritize hearings for individuals excluded from the electoral rolls, granting them the option to approach the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court for grievances. Currently, only 136 appeals have been resolved out of approximately 27 lakh (2.7 million) cases.
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The resolution of these appeals could potentially allow thousands of voters to participate in future elections, impacting political representation in West Bengal.
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