Days after the Calcutta High Court requested the National Human Rights Commission to arrange a committee to probe all alleged human rights abuses through the post-poll violence in West Bengal, the state authorities filed an utility to withdraw the order. has demanded.
The utility has been listed for listening to on Monday earlier than a five-judge bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Jindal, Justice Indra Prasanna Mukherjee, Justice Soumen Sen, Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Subrata Talukdar. Consider PILs on post-poll violence.
On Friday, the Calcutta High Court had pulled up the state authorities for taking “no concrete steps” towards the post-poll violence and ordered the National Human Rights Commission to represent a committee to go to the violence-hit areas. It additionally requested the rights physique to file a report by June 30.
The bench was listening to a plea by BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal, who misplaced the meeting election from Entally in Kolkata. Alleging that many individuals had fled their properties to save lots of their lives through the post-poll violence, he had sought the intervention of the HC to make sure the protected return of the households. The courtroom had additionally obtained a number of related complaints on the post-poll violence.
Referring to the affidavits filed by the petitioners, the courtroom expressed concern that those that had returned house had been pressured to withdraw the grievance.
“In our view, this exercise of filing of affidavits and counter-affidavits will continue. This cannot take us anywhere as the state has been denying everything from the very beginning, but facts… are different,” the HC had stated.
The HC has requested the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission to represent a committee consisting of the member secretary of the State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) to inquire into all allegations of post-poll violence within the state.
The State Government, in its utility, has prayed for a chance of being handled by the Member Secretary of SLSA on the matter earlier than the following date of listening to and submissions on the steps taken by it on such complaints of clashes. Violence.
The authorities additionally prayed that the June 18 order “may be concluded against the State of West Bengal and/or its officers”. It claimed that the order was handed with out giving the state a chance to file its response with regard to the report of the SLSA member secretary.
The state additionally prayed for a keep on the works given within the order until the disposal of the PILs.
Earlier, the state authorities, in response to a discover issued by the Supreme Court on a PIL, stated the allegations of complicity of the state equipment within the violence had been “false” and “misleading”. The reply stated that the petitioners have falsely accused the state equipment of indulging in such violence on the premise of rumour-mongering studies and fabricated tales unfold on social media by miscreants.
Stating that not all incidents of violence will be labeled as “post-election violence”, the federal government additional stated that a few of the allegations are “frivolous and politically motivated” and that a few of the petitioners “who claim to be victims”. Claims… has broadly alleged that the incidents of violence within the state had been sponsored by the state administration by their inaction in controlling or suppressing the violence.
Recently, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated the post-poll violence within the state, nonetheless persevering with, was “baseless” and a “gimmick” by the BJP. Addressing reporters in Nabanna, the CM stated, “They (BJP) speak of violence. Do you see any violence in Bengal? Some incidents occurred through the election, however the Election Commission was answerable for regulation and order at the moment. We condemn violence. However, this declare of political violence is a gimmick of the BJP. They ought to discuss UP the place useless our bodies are floating in rivers.
Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar just lately met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and briefed him concerning the post-poll violence within the state.
The Governor, who accused the Bengal authorities of turning a blind eye to those incidents, had additionally issued a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the unrest within the state.
Earlier, a BJP delegation led by Leader of Opposition within the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari had met Dhankhar and expressed concern over the regulation and order state of affairs within the state. The delegation submitted a memorandum to the governor, highlighting the incidents in Tiljala and Chandannagar and the way “17,000 BJP workers” are nonetheless pressured to steer clear of their properties out of worry.
(with inputs from PTI)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
