Kolkata, November 14 : .Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister, might have to delay the hearing of her petition on Nandigram elections results.
This petition was due to be heard at Calcutta High Court Monday.However, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to transfer the case to another court. The case was supposed to come up for hearing after a gap of nearly four months.After a nearly four-month gap, the case was scheduled to be heard.
Legal experts are of the opinion that the High Court might defer the case and wait for the verdict of the Supreme Court.Experts in legal law believe that the High Court could defer the case to wait for the Supreme Court’s verdict.
They also opine that the process of development of the Chief Minister’s petition that is presently lying before the bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar might get further delayed because of the petition in the apex court.The petition at the Supreme Court might also delay the development of Chief Minister’s petition, which is currently before Justice Shampa Sharkar.
The petition filed by Banerjee challenging the result of the Nandigram elections, where she was defeated by Adhikari by a margin of 1,965 votes and alleging manipulation was initially assigned to the bench of Justice Kaushik Chanda.Banerjee filed a petition challenging the results of the Nandigram election, in which she was defeated by Adhikari with a margin of 1,965 voters.The petition also alleges manipulation.Justice Kaushik Chanda was originally assigned the bench.
However, Banerjee filed a separate petition requesting a change of the judge as he was associated with BJP legal cell before he was elevated to the bench.Banerjee, however, filed a separate petition to request a change in the judge because he was an associate with the BJP legal cell.
However, Justice Chanda recused himself from hearing the petition but imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the Chief Minister for “the manner in which she levelled charges against the judge”.Justice Chanda, however, resigned from the hearing of the petition and imposed a Rs 5 lakh fine on the Chief Minister for the “manner in which she brought up charges against the judge”.
The case was reassigned to the bench of Justice Sarkar by the then Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, and came up for hearing in August but was adjourned till November 15.The case was reassigned by the Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal to the Justice Sarkar bench.Hearings were held in August, but were rescheduled for November 15.
A day after Chanda recused himself from the case, Adhikari moved the Supreme Court pleading to move the case from Calcutta High Court to any other High Court.Adhikari, a day after Chanda had withdrawn from the case filed a motion to the Supreme Court asking for the transfer of the case from Calcutta High Court into any other High Court.According to sources, in the top court, the single bench of Justice Hima Kohli may hear the Nandigram vote case.
Sources claim that the Nandigram Vote case may be heard by the Justice Hima Kohli single bench.
However, the Calcutta High Court has asked the Election Commission to preserve all the documents relating to the election and results of Nandigram.
The Calcutta High Court however has requested that the Election Commission preserve all documents related to the election and the results of Nandigram.
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