New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Calcutta High Court to depute current and former judicial officers to help with the SIR process in the state.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N V Anjaria also sought a status report on alleged incidents of violence in the state.
The court said there is an unfortunate ''blame game of allegations and counter allegations, which shows a trust deficit between two constitutional functionaries - that is, the state government and the Election Commission of India''.
The court acknowledged that this direction may impact the hearing of normal court cases since judges' time will be taken up for the SIR exercise. Thus, the top court directed that th...