Why Mamata Banerjee Wants Judge Changed In Case Against Suvendu Adhikari

Mamata Banerjee said Justice Kaushik Chanda, who has been assigned to her petition challenging Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram election win, is "an active member of the BJP... (and) there will be reasonable apprehension of bias..."

Mamata Banerjee has written to the Calcutta High Court to ask that her petition challenging the election of the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram be re-assigned to a different judge. The case is currently assigned to Justice Kaushik Chanda. In a letter written on behalf of the Chief Minister by her advocate, and delivered to the Chief Justice on June 16, Ms Banerjee outlined two reasons for the request. One is that there are reports Justice Chanda was associated with the BJP in the past, and Ms Banerjee said there is "reasonable apprehension of bias... in favour of the Respondent...".