New High Court Bench To Hear Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Tomorrow

The case was reassigned to the bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal after Justice Kausik Chanda recused from hearing the Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's election petition.

A new bench will take up on Wednesday West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's victory from the Nandigram constituency in the assembly elections. The case was reassigned to the bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal after Justice Kausik Chanda recused from hearing the Trinamool Congress supremo's election petition. The matter has been listed for hearing at 2.30 pm on Wednesday. Mr Adhikari defeated Ms Banerjee from the Nandigram constituency by 1,956 votes in the assembly election held earlier in the year.