The Trinamool Congress Government on Monday got a judicial snub with the Calcutta High Court on Monday throwing out its plea for recalling an earlier order directing National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to examine all cases of alleged human rights violations in the state post State polls.
The Monday’s order was passed by a larger five-judge Bench—comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar— of the High Court which had after adjudicating on a bunch of public interest litigations on the ongoing post poll violence that had allegedly led to murders, loot, displacement, physical assault, destruction of property and livelihood. Earlier wondering why 541 petitions had to be filed with NHRC and not a single with the State Human Rights Commission the Bench had passed an order on June 18, taking cognizance of a report submitted by the Member Secretary of West Bengal State Legal Services Authority.