Calcutta HC Halts Panchayat Sthayee Samiti Elections At Raninagar, Opposition Candidates Claim Ruling Dispensation Lodging False Criminal Cases

The Calcutta High Court has restrained the Subdivisional Officer (SDO) Domjur, from carrying on with the process of election of the members of the Sthayee Samity, Raniganagar-II Panchayat Samity, upon objections raised by thirteen members of the Panchayat Samiti. A single-bench of Justice Amrita Sinha took note of the petitioners claims that the “ruling dispensation had created an atmosphere...