Sources stated that as per the order of the Calcutta High Court, a seven-member committee of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) reached West Bengal on Wednesday to inquire into complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal. The panel is headed by NHRC member Rajeev Jain.
According to sources, the committee will meet tomorrow earlier than visiting the violence-hit areas throughout the state. The committee will submit its report back to the court docket by June 30.
The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed the West Bengal authorities’s plea to withdraw its order directing the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to research all circumstances of alleged human rights violations within the post-poll violence within the state. was.
Dismissing the petition, a 5-judge bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal stated the June 18 order was handed after the state did not encourage the boldness of the court docket.
The bench, additionally comprising Justices Soumen Sen, Subrata Talukdar, IP Mukherjee and Harish Tandon, noticed that the court docket doesn’t get any alternative to switch or keep its earlier judgment.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
