Calcutta HC judge recuses himself from hearing Mamata Banerjee’s election petition
The Hindu
The Chief Minister had urged Justice Kaushik Chanda to recuse himself alleging that the judge had links with the BJP.
Calcutta High Court Justice Kaushik Chanda on Wednesday recused himself from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister . The matter will now be assigned to a new Bench. The Chief Minister filed the petition in June, alleging irregularities in the counting process in the . The matter came for hearing before Justice Chanda. Ms. Banerjee had urged the judge to recuse himself from hearing the petition alleging that the judge had links with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). During the hearing, Ms. Banerjee’s counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi had referred to numerous cases where justice Chanda had represented the BJP as a counsel.More Related News