The West Bengal government filed an affidavit in front of the Calcutta Supreme Court on Sunday, appealing to recall its previous verdict, which ordered the NHRC to investigate all post-election post-election violence cases in the state.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. (Photo credits – PTI)
In a severe blow to the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, the Kolkata Supreme Court on Monday rejected the government’s motion to recall a judgment by a five-member bank that ordered the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to investigate all cases of alleged human rights abuses during the Post-election violence in the state.
A bench of five judges chaired by Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal rejected the TMC government’s plea for the withdrawal of the June 18 order. The order came in response to a series of petitions involving the eviction of people from their homes, physical assault, property destruction and looting of business premises due to post-election violence in the state.
The bank then directed the chairman of the NHRC to set up a panel to investigate all cases of alleged human rights abuses and to provide him with a full report on the current situation after “possibly through a visit to the affected areas”.
The state government had informed the court that the order had been issued without giving the state an opportunity to submit its response in connection with the State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) member secretary’s report.
The report submitted by the SLSA member secretary said that by June 10, at least 3,243 people had suffered from the post-election violence.
The government then asked the court to “destroy” the findings in the June 18 order against the state of West Bengal and / or its officials, and requested that the operations set out in the order be suspended until the PILs were removed.
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