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Supreme Court: Calcutta HC to examine SIR judge’s security plea
LiveLaw reports that the Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a petition seeking enhanced security for a former Calcutta High Court judge serving as an Appellate Tribunal for the Special Intensive Revision…
The Story in Brief
LiveLaw reports that the Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a petition seeking enhanced security for a former Calcutta High Court judge serving as an Appellate Tribunal for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. The court directed the petitioner, the judge's son Ananya Kanti Roy Saraswati, to approach the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice.
The petition alleged that the judge, Justice Anindita Roy Saraswati, faced threats including a road accident on April 22 and a handwritten threat letter delivered by Speed Post demanding inclusion of Muslim names in voter lists. The court did not examine the merits but requested the Chief Justice to consider the security issue and take necessary steps.
The Indian Opinion
The threat to a judge overseeing voter list revision is alarming, but the Supreme Court's refusal to intervene directly is not a dismissal. The petition's allegations of a planned accident and communal threat letters are serious, yet unverified. The Calcutta High Court must now conduct a thorough threat assessment without delay. The real test will be whether the investigation into the threats is impartial and whether the judge receives adequate protection, regardless of political pressures.
Source: livelaw.in
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