West Bengal Govt denies submit ballot violence in Calcutta High Court

On Monday, the West Bengal authorities advised the Calcutta High Court that there was no post-poll violence in West Bengal after the just lately performed state elections which noticed the Mamata Banerjee regime retaining energy. The subsequent listening to for all PILs relating to the WB post-poll violence within the Calcutta HC is scheduled for subsequent Tuesday on May 18.
A five-judge Constitution bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, and Subrata Talukdar was knowledgeable by WB Advocate General Kishor Datta that based on the state authorities, there have been no situations of post-poll violence after May 9, 2021.
All of this is available in response to a petition in Calcutta HC which submits that post-poll violence led to the dying of not less than 11 individuals, alleging severe dereliction of obligation on the a part of the police. Numerous PILs have been filed within the Calcutta HC as a way to safe justice for folks affected by post-election violence. All of those PILs will now be heard on May 18.
The WB Advocate General’s submission as to the dearth of post-poll violence drew a pointy response from Additional Solicitor General (ASG) YJ Dastoor, who was representing the Central Government. Dastoor made it clear that a number of political events had come out with statements within the media that their respective employees had suffered within the post-poll violence.
“There is no doubt of post poll violence (having occurred),” Dastoor submitted.
The ASG additionally knowledgeable the Court that the National Human Rights Commission, the State Human Rights Commission, State Commission for Women, and even the State Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Commission had acquired complaints from individuals who couldn’t method the police stations or their complaints weren’t registered.
Another petition referring to WB post-poll violence, filed by Advocate Rishav Singh, seeks varied reliefs from the Calcutta HC towards the WB authorities. In this petition, the petitioner seeks the registration of FIRs towards culprits who engaged in post-poll violence, asking the WB govt to indicate trigger for not registering FIRs.
The petition additionally seeks to revive the rights of reportedly 80,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) who fled away from their properties into neighboring states like Assam as a way to escape the post-poll violence. The petition additionally seeks financial compensation for the households of individuals who’ve misplaced their lives within the post-poll carnage.
This petition, together with different associated PILs, will probably be heard in Calcutta HC on May 18, 2021.