Calcutta High Court to hear post-poll violence case on July 22

The five-judge bench is hearing the cases related to human rights violations during the post-poll violence.

New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (July 13, 2021) said that it will hear the case on the post-poll violence in the state on July 22. Earlier, the West Bengal government had filed an application before the Calcutta High Court seeking recall of its July 2 order that directed the police to register cases in all matters which have been either reported to it or placed before the NHRC or any other authority in connection with post-poll violence in the state. The order was issued by a five-judge bench, headed by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, after taking note of an interim report of a committee set up by the NHRC on the direction of the court to probe alleged human rights violation during the post-poll violence. The state government had said in its recalling application that it did not get an opportunity to argue on the contents of the interim report, claiming that it was not made public by the bench after the same was submitted before the court on June 30.