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New Delhi, March 10 Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Deorao Nikam urged the government on Tuesday to consider providing limited administrative flexibility to courts handling cases under the POCSO Act, in order to address the psychological hesitation faced by some male child victims when giving evidence...

New Delhi, March 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government and the Election Commission to provide all logistical support to judicial officers involved in the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state.A three-judge bench, comprising Chief...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...

March 08, Cuttack – The High Court of Orissa and the Odisha State Legal Services Authority observed International Women's Day at Bellview Square in Cuttack.On this occasion, a human chain was formed at Bellview Square by judicial officers from the Registry of the High Court of Orissa, the...

March 08, Cuttack – The High Court of Orissa and the Odisha State Legal Services Authority observed International Women's Day at Bellview Square in Cuttack.On this occasion, a human chain was formed at Bellview Square by judicial officers from the Registry of the High Court of Orissa, the...

Kolkata, March 3 A dispute erupted between Manoj Agarwal, the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, and a state civil service officers' organization over the nearly 60.06 lakh entries marked as "under adjudication" in the post-SIR electoral rolls published on February 28.These 60.06 lakh...

Kolkata, March 2 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday evening announced that an additional 100 judicial officers each, from neighboring Jharkhand and Odisha, will join the ongoing judicial process related to voter identity documents flagged under the "logical discrepancy" category...

Kolkata, March 2 – The West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Officers’ Association refuted remarks made by West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who attributed the marking of certain names as “under adjudication” in the final electoral rolls, published after the Special...

Siddipet (Telangana), February 28 Telangana High Court Judge Justice Pulla Karthik directed judicial officers and others to quickly resolve pending cases on Saturday.Karthik, the administrative judge of the Siddipet district, visited the district court.He was welcomed by District Judge Sai...

New Delhi, February 28 The names of more than 60 lakh voters who were identified as "doubtful" during the special intensive revision exercise in West Bengal have been submitted to judicial officers for adjudication, officials said on Saturday.These names can now only be included through a...

Gandhinagar, February 27 – Describing forensic science as the “protective shield” of justice in an era of technology-driven crime, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said during his address at the fourth convocation ceremony of the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar on...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the West Bengal government's objection to the training module issued by the Election Commission for judicial officers deployed in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.A bench of Chief...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court said on Friday that it is aware of its judicial officers and they will not be "influenced by anything," after the West Bengal government submitted that the Election Commission had issued a training module for judicial officers deployed in the Special...

Kolkata, February 26 – Political tensions continue to simmer in West Bengal amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, as the final voter list is set to be published on February 28, in line with Supreme Court directives.West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal...

Kolkata, February 26 – The Calcutta High Court on Thursday requested 200 judicial officers – 100 each from the High Courts of Odisha and Jharkhand – to join the team of judicial officers already appointed for adjudicating voter documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category.The...

Kolkata, February 25 Approximately 200 judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha are likely to arrive in West Bengal soon for the ongoing SIR exercise, special rolls observer of the Election Commission, Subrata Gupta, said on Thursday.Gupta said the poll panel will shortly be informed about...

Kolkata, February 26 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court held a meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer and top state officials on Thursday to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in West Bengal, in which judicial officers have been assigned...

New Delhi, February 26 Electoral authorities in West Bengal have been directed to ensure that all pending verification documents related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are submitted to the designated judicial officers by 5 p.m. on Thursday.The direction was issued...

New Delhi, February 25 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure that all pending verification documents are submitted by 5 p.m. on February 26 to the judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.A bench...

New Delhi, February 25 Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale said on Wednesday that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar should be "jailed", alleging several irregularities in the ongoing Systematic Voters' Registration (SVRS) process in West Bengal.In a post on X, the TMC leader said...