T.N. Assembly polls | Madras HC closes contempt plea moved against Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo
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HC says it will not conduct a witch hunt if there were accidental slips despite best efforts in a mammoth exercise
The Madras High Court on Monday closed a contempt of court petition filed against the State’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Satyabrata Sahoo for having allegedly disobeyed orders passed by the court on March 10 to ensure that all government servants on poll duty get to exercise their franchise during the forthcoming Assembly election. Then, the court had specifically directed him to try and ensure that incidents of omission were below 10% Disposing of the contempt plea, Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said they were satisfied with efforts taken to implement the court orders and hence there was no reason to pursue the plea moved by Tamil Nadu High and Higher Secondary Schools Graduate Teachers Association. They said, the court will not conduct a witch hunt if there were a few accidental slips despite best efforts taken in a mammoth exercise.More Related News