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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
