Just before filing nomination in the West Bengal Assembly elections, a Congress candidate has appealed to the Supreme Court for an immediate hearing regarding the SIR. The name of the petitioner has been removed from the voter list during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bengal. He says that the last date for nomination for the first phase is 3 pm on Monday (April 6, 2026), so the Appellate Tribunal should dispose of his case as soon as possible.
Since April 2, the Appellate Tribunal of 19 former High Court judges is looking into the cases of those who have been excluded from the voter list. The petitioner’s lawyer, while presenting his client’s side in the Supreme Court, said that the petitioner is a Congress candidate and he has been contesting the elections for the last two times, in which he has won, but on April 3, his application was rejected, against which he has appealed in the Supreme Court.
According to the report of Live Law, the lawyer said that the court has asked the Appellate Tribunal to take a decision by 12 noon in a similar case. He said that the tribunal should be asked to take a quick decision on this matter also because today is the last date for nomination and nominations will be filed only by 3 pm.
Election Commission’s lawyer DS Naidu told the Supreme Court that the tribunal has been informed about this and Justice T.S. Shivajnanam can be contacted directly. However, the lawyer still appealed to the court to give the order, on which the court ordered, ‘Today is the last date for nomination, hence keeping in mind the urgency, the Appellate Tribunal is requested to take a decision on the case of the petitioner before the nomination is over.’ The Appellate Tribunal comprising 19 former judges is headed by former Chief Justice of Kolkata High Court T.S. Doing Shivagyanam.
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