294 judicial officers set to handle disputed voter claims in Bengal during SIR exercise
Kolkata, Feb. 22 -- At least 294 serving and retired district judicial officers are likely to be deployed in West Bengal to adjudicate around 4.5 million pending disputed voter claims during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state, officials aware of the details said on Saturday.
The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Sujoy Paul held a meeting in this regard with senior officials of the state government and the Election Commission of India on Saturday. "There are around 4.5 million pending cases needing adjudication by serving and retired district judges and additional district judges. We have proposed that at least 294 such judicial officers could be appointed - one for each of the 294 ...
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