![]() ![]() The petitioners further prayed for direction upon (1) the SEC to conduct re-polling at the mentioned booths, (2) the Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a FIR and conduct investigation into the large-scale violence and electoral malpractices committed during the entire election process, (3) an independent Central Agency to conduct forensic audit of the video footages of the polling booths as well as the forensic examination and audit of the ballot papers and other polling paraphernalia and (4) the Secretary, Department of Home and Hill Affairs, Government of West Bengal to forward a report to the Central Government with regard to the incidences of bomb blasts that occurred during the election. In the instant matter, a writ petition was filed by the petitioners seeking to quash the decision of the SEC consequent upon the large-scale violence and electoral malpractice occurred during the West Bengal Panchayat Elections on 8-07-2023. ![]() Sivagnanam, CJ., and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J., made it absolutely clear to the State Election Commission (SEC) and all the candidates, who have been declared elected that “their declaration of having been elected is subject to further orders to be passed by this Court in these writ petitions as well as in the connected matters.” Calcutta High Court: While deciding a matter related to alleged violence occurred during the West Bengal Panchayat elections, a Division bench comprising of T.S. ![]()
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