Bengal post poll violence: Supreme Court accedes to Centre’s hearing adjournment plea
The Hindu
Court was primarily hearing joint plea by families of 2 BJP activists, who were killed, allegedly in violence after Assembly polls
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to a request by the Union government to adjourn the hearing on the petitions seeking a CBI or a SIT (special investigation team) investigation into incidents of post poll violence in West Bengal. Appearing before a Vacation Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and M.R. Shah, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta asked the court to schedule the hearing on June 18. The court was primarily hearing a joint petition filed by the family members of BJP activists Abhijit Sarkar and Haran Adhikari, who were killed, allegedly in the violence following the Assembly polls in May.More Related News