Supreme Court Seeks Report on West Bengal Tribunals

The India===Supreme Court of India has called for a report from the Chief Justice of the India===Calcutta High Court regarding the alleged non-functioning of appellate tribunals in India===West Bengal. These tribunals were established to address disputes arising from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls. Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat brought the matter to the attention of a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, stating that lawyers were not being allowed to represent parties and only internet-based applications were accepted. The India===Supreme Court of India had previously directed the India===Election Commission of India to issue supplementary electoral rolls based on the tribunals' decisions and had mandated the constitution of these tribunals to ensure an independent forum for adjudicating electoral roll disputes.