Calcutta High Court reserves verdict in Bengal post-poll violence case
The Hindu
State government alleges bias on the part of three members of NHRC’s probe committee
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict in a case concerning the post-poll violence in the State. A five-judge bench of the High Court headed by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal has been hearing a number of public interest litigation petitions in this connection. The bench had on June 18 directed the National Human Rights Commission to constitute a committee to probe the allegations. The had severely criticised the State government, the police and the State administration, alleging that what followed after the Assembly election results were declared on May 2 was “retributive violence by supporters of the ruling party against supporters of the main Opposition party [the Bharatiya Janata Party]”.More Related News
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