New Delhi, April 21 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any immediate direction on a plea seeking imposition of President's rule and urgent deployment of paramilitary forces in West Bengal in view of communal and political violence allegedly triggered by the Waqf (Amendment) Act in Murshidabad.
The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench comprising justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih.
Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, appearing for the petitioner, sought the court's nod to file additional documents highlighting continued violence in the state and urged immediate implementation of Article 355 of the Constitution.
"There is a need for immediate deployment of paramilitary forces. The matter is listed for tomor...