SEC counsel denies giving 'consent''

While ordering the commission and the state government to wrap up the panchayat poll process by July 15, the Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Arun Mishra in its May 14 order had said: We express our gratitude to Samaraditya Pal (the counsel of ...

Kolkata, May 16 : The meeting between the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission (SEC) today to finalise the dates of the panchayat polls remained inconclusive with no sides reaching an 'agreement'. According to sources, besides ...

Calcutta, May 15: The state election commission is set to file a revision petition in Calcutta High Court against the words "amicably settled" in the ruling given by a division bench yesterday on the panchayat polls. At the same time, the commission ...

In a significant development, the West Bengal State Election Commission has decided to file an application before the Calcutta High Court seeking the deletion of certain expressions the Court made in its ruling in the dispute between the Commission ...

The State Election Commission is keeping its options open for a review petition with regard to the judgment delivered by the Calcutta High Court yesterday on panchayat polls in the state. Although the SEC is proceeding towards holding the election, ...

Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The West Bengal poll panel counsel Wednesday claimed that the Calcutta High Court recorded his consent without his knowledge while settling the legal tussle between the state government and the poll panel over the conduct of ...

In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that panchayat polls in 17 districts be held in three phases with the government fully compensating the shortfall in security forces to the satisfaction of ...

Calcutta, May 10: The Mamata Banerjee government was tonight nursing the burns it suffered in a legal agnipariksha over the panchayat polls ? a plight that found resonance in a subsequent suggestion by the chief minister that her challenges were ...

May 3: The state election commission today told the high court that cost could not be a factor in not deploying central forces for the panchayat polls as the state government was spending substantially on heads which were far less important than the ...