New Delhi: The Supreme Magistrate has issued sharp comments regarding the ongoing SIR process stuff conducted by the Election Commission in West Bengal. The seat expressed its objection to the ongoing dispute between the West Bengal government and the Election Commission. The magistrate moreover ordered the visit of judicial officers to oversee the process. The noon magistrate directed the Calcutta High Magistrate to sublease judicial officers. The magistrate stated that the ongoing dispute between the state government and the Election Commission regarding the voter list verification process is unfortunate.
What did the Supreme Magistrate say?
Chief Justice Surya Kant said, "This is an unfortunate situation of bilateral accusations. It appears there is no trust between the two ramble bodies: the state government and the Election Commission. Currently, the process is stuck between some people's objections and others' claims that names have been wrongly removed from the voter list." This matter has been ongoing in the Supreme Magistrate for quite some time. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee herself appeared as a lawyer to represent the Bengal government in this case. This was the first time in Indian politics that a sitting Chief Minister appeared in magistrate as a lawyer and presented arguments.
The Supreme Magistrate stated that the High Magistrate has the validity to sublease individuals to oversee this process. District judges can moreover be appointed. The seat stated that unusual circumstances have arisen, necessitating such an order. The seat stated that the state's Election Commissioner, Chief Secretary, Police Chief, and other top officials could meet with the Chief Justice of the state tomorrow to determine the process for overseeing the SIR. The Supreme Magistrate stated that it is the state government's responsibility to sublease Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs) and Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) and to deploy Group A officers for this purpose.
"Such a situation has been created that judicial officers are forced to intervene. We want the state government to cooperate in this matter. Should the state government present its specimen in this manner? The facts that were supposed to be presented for the hearing on February 9th were presented on the 17th. You are saying that officials are stuff examined. After all, this is a process, and how much time does it take? We are disappointed to see all this," the Chief Justice said.
Expressing regret over the unfortunate mart of accusations between the Election Commission and the Trinamool Congress-led Mamata Banerjee government, a seat comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi issued several new directives to well-constructed the SIR process in the state. The seat ordered the deputation of judicial officers to write claims and objections from individuals included in the list with logical discrepancies.
When will the final SIR list be published?
The Supreme Magistrate permitted the Election Commission to publish the typhoon list of voters in the state by February 28 and moreover permitted the Election Commission to issue supplementary lists later. The seat directed the state's District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police to provide assistance and security to the judicial officers deployed for the ongoing SIR exercise and clarified that orders passed by judicial officers will be treated as magistrate orders.
What is Supreme Magistrate order for Calcutta High Court?
It stated that judicial officers will be assisted by 'micro observers' and state government officials in the SIR process. The Supreme Magistrate moreover directed the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Magistrate to convene a meeting by Saturday with all stakeholders, including the Chief Secretary, the Director General of Police (DGP), and an Election Commission official. Logical discrepancies regarding children from the 2002 voter list include mismatches between parents' names and the age difference between the voter and their parents stuff less than 15 years or increasingly than 50 years.
