Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Petition Against Mass Deletion of Names from West Bengal Electoral Rolls

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday a petition against the ongoing process of mass deletion of names from the electoral rolls in West Bengal. The bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi listed it for hearing considering the seriousness of the matter. છે.મતદારોની Agony and counsel's argument છે.મતદારોની Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, appearing for the petitioners, told the court that these are voters who have voted in previous elections. હતી.80 Their names have been deleted in the ongoing SIR process and their documents are not being accepted. This represented an affront to the fundamental right to democracy. હતી.80 Lakhs of objections and shortage of judges In West Bengal, lakhs of names are hanging fire due to'logical errors'in the electoral rolls. હતી.80 Types of discrepancies: mismatch in the names of parents, or the age difference between the voter and his parents: less than 15 years or more than 50 years. હતી.80 In addition to the lack of judicial functionaries in the Calcutta and Jharkhand High Courts, 250 judicial officers have been sanctioned by the Supreme Court earlier. હતી.80