Supreme Court Adjourns Bengal Plea Against Milan Pradhan’s Interim Bail, Says Let Him Contest Nandigram Bypoll

Hearing West Bengal’s challenge to Milan Pradhan’s interim bail on the eve of the Nandigram bypoll, the Supreme Court told the State to let the Congress candidate contest, and adjourned the matter to October 7 after Justice Joymalya Bagchi recused himself. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the West Bengal government’s plea challenging […]

Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing Of Bengal Plea Against Milan Pradhan’s Interim Bail In Nandigram Bypoll

The Supreme Court has declined West Bengal’s request to urgently list its challenge to the Calcutta High Court’s interim bail to Congress’s Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan, with CJI Surya Kant indicating the matter could be taken up on Monday.

Nandigram Bypoll: Calcutta High Court Gives Congress Candidate Milan Pradhan Three Weeks’ Interim Bail

The Calcutta High Court has granted interim bail for three weeks, till October 21, to Congress’s Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan in cases arising from the 2007 Nandigram agitation, observing that he was taken into custody only after filing his nomination papers.

Nandigram Bypoll: Calcutta High Court Rejects Congress Plea on BJP Candidate Hasirani Rath’s Alleged Age Mismatch

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea by the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee that questioned alleged discrepancies between the declared age and the educational particulars in the election affidavit of BJP’s Nandigram bypoll candidate Hasirani Rath.

“These Are Only By-Elections”: CJI Suryakant Declines Early Hearing In West Bengal SIR Case Before October 6 Bypolls

The Supreme Court declined to advance the West Bengal SIR matter despite a request for hearing before the October 6 Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls. The case remains listed for October 5.

[Ayodhya’s Milkipur Assembly Bypoll] HC Allows Withdrawal Of Petitions, Clears Decks 

The Allahabad High Court permitted the withdrawal of a petition that delayed the Milkipur assembly bypoll, allowing the Election Commission of India to proceed with scheduling it. The petition contested the election of SP MLA Awadhesh Prasad, which became vacant after his Lok Sabha election in June.