The Supreme Court on Thursday issued discover to the Centre, the West Bengal authorities and the Election Commission of India on a plea in search of a SIT probe into the causes of the post-poll violence in West Bengal, the Bar and Bench reported.
A bench headed by Justice Vineet Saran was listening to a plea by advocate Hari Shankar Jain in search of a path to a SIT probe into the post-poll violence.
Meanwhile, LiveLaw reported on Wednesday that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has submitted a short report back to the Calcutta High Court concerning complaints towards displacement of individuals because of violence. The court docket has adjourned the matter until July 2 to look at the report.
Last week, the High Court had dismissed a petition by the West Bengal authorities to withdraw its June 18 order wherein a five-judge bench of the High Court has directed the NHRC chairman to arrange a committee to probe all circumstances of alleged was ordered to be constituted. Human rights violations through the post-election violence.
Following court docket orders, on June 21, NHRC Chairman Justice (Retd) Arun Mishra had constituted the panel, headed by former Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Jain. However, reportedly the NHRC crew Faced with threats of assault and violence in Jadavpur on Tuesday afternoon. National Commission for Minorities Vice-Chairman, Atif Rashid, who was with the crew, mentioned that the mob tried to kill and chase them, and the police personnel accompanying them had been of no assist.
In May, a trip bench of Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai issued notices to the Center and the state authorities on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), in search of Supreme Court’s intervention to “stop” the post-poll violence within the state. was executed. The SIT will examine the alleged offenses and repair the legal responsibility. However, the TMC authorities in its reply instructed the apex court docket that it’s alleged that The complicity of the state equipment within the violence was “false” and “misleading”..
The state additionally mentioned that not all incidents of violence might be categorized as “post-election violence”, calling the allegations of state-sponsored violence “frivolous and politically motivated”.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
