New Delhi. The Supreme Court, while hearing the petition filed against the removal of names of voters from the voter list in West Bengal, said that do not dare to question the judicial officers. During the hearing, the Chief Justice said that he would not tolerate this. The court directed the West Bengal government to provide all necessary facilities for the work of judicial officers.
The court asked the Election Commission to ensure that no action is taken that would disrupt the process unless it gets the permission of the Chief Justice of the High Court. During the hearing, the court was told that information related to this entire process is being shared in real-time on the official Telegram group of the High Court. The Supreme Court said that the problems faced in the portal should be resolved immediately and it should be ensured that there are no further obstacles.
The court said that there will be no appeal against the decision of the judicial officer before any administrative body. Instead, the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court can constitute a bench of two former High Court judges or sitting High Court judges which will hear these appeals. The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to issue an official notification regarding this appeal system.
The petition said that during the special intensive revision, the names of the petitioners were removed from the voter list. The names of the petitioners were in the earlier voter list. He had voted earlier but his documents were not accepted. Then the court had said that in the current circumstances they cannot appeal on the decisions of judicial officers.
Let us inform that on February 24, the Supreme Court had given permission to deploy judicial officers from outside the state to settle the claims and objections in the special intensive revision of the voter list in West Bengal. The court had asked the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to appoint judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha, along with additional civil judges with three years of experience in this work.
In fact, the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court had told the Supreme Court that there are more than 50 thousand cases of ‘logical inconsistency’ in the state and there will be a shortage of judicial officers to dispose of them. It was said by the High Court that about 250 judicial officers will have to be deployed for this work for 80 days. The Supreme Court had said that the Election Commission will bear the expenses incurred on the deployment of judicial officers from outside West Bengal. The Election Commission will bear the expenses of travel, accommodation and honorarium of judicial officers from outside the state.
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