The Supreme Court on Saturday disposed of a petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress challenging the appointment of Central government and Central PSU employees as counting personnel in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. A special Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Joymalya Bagchi held that no further judicial directions were required…
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has moved the Supreme Court against the exclusion of state government employees from supervisory duties during vote counting, arguing that the move could undermine the efficiency and fairness of the electoral process. A special bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi is expected to hear the matter. In its petition,…
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has moved the Supreme Court against the exclusion of state government employees from supervisory duties during vote counting, arguing that the move could undermine the efficiency and fairness of the electoral process. A special bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi is expected to hear the matter. In its petition,…
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By Prof Upendra Baxi Revolutionary theorist Vladimir Lenin once framed a famous political question: What is to be done? The question acquires a quieter-yet-urgent relevance when courts confront litigation that is plainly frivolous, vexatious, or motivated by vengeance. Such litigation continues to haunt India’s justice system, even as the nation recently marked seventy-five years of…