"Statutory Obligation To Hold Periodic Student Union Elections": Calcutta HC Calls For State's Stand On Conducting Polls Across Varsities

The Calcutta High Court has called for an affidavit from the state government on the future roadmap for conducting student elections across universities in West Bengal. The court noted that such elections had been statutorily mandated to be held at fixed durations.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice C. Chatterjee (Das) made these observations in a plea challenging...