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April 13, 2026, 06:01 PM - 3 min read
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made the observation during the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State.The Court noted that over 34 lakh appeals have been filed so far before the appellate tribunals by people challenging their non-inclusion in the voter list.
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April 13, 2026, 04:26 PM - 4 min read
Justice Joymalya Bagchi, sitting on a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, added that the voters have now been sandwiched between different constitutional authorities in West Bengal. Justice Bagchi made the comment after Election Commission of India (ECI) argued that there was 47 percent rejection of cases by judicial officers, who adjudicated the notices issued by the poll body.
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April 2, 2026, 05:18 PM - 3 min read
SIR protests intensify in north Bengal; violence in Malda, 18 arrested, SC seeks report and orders probe as unrest spreads to Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar.
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March 31, 2026, 02:52 PM - 3 min read
Officials confirmed that out of 60 lakh such pending applications, verification has been completed for 45 lakh, resolving a significant portion of the discrepancies.
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March 21, 2026, 12:40 PM - 3 min read
Pledging her unwavering support to the people, she stated, "I have rushed to Delhi and the Supreme Court; I will go to any extent to ensure that not a single name is omitted from the list."
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March 13, 2026, 04:46 PM - 4 min read
PM Narendra Modi to visit West Bengal on Saturday, address a BJP rally in Kolkata and launch development projects worth Rs 18,680 crore ahead of Assembly polls.
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March 10, 2026, 06:05 PM - 4 min read
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and R Mahadevan stated the Court would not tolerate attempts to question the integrity of judicial officers.“Your application is premature and it shows as if you don’t have trust. How did you dare such applications are filed? No one should dare question the judicial officers. As a Chief Justice of India, I will not tolerate this,” he told the applicants.
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March 9, 2026, 10:03 AM - 3 min read
The tension was palpable from the moment Kumar’s convoy left the airport on Sunday. Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers and Left-wing activists staged rowdy demonstrations along the VIP Road and in the Kaikhali area, accusing the Election Commission of a "politically motivated" purge of the voter list.
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March 7, 2026, 02:41 PM - 3 min read
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Mamata questioned their alleged arrogance.
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March 7, 2026, 11:29 AM - 2 min read
The protest was sparked by the release of staggering official data on 28 February, which revealed that some 63.66 lakh names — roughly 8.3 per cent of the state's electorate — have been scrubbed from the rolls since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in November.
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March 6, 2026, 02:02 PM - 3 min read
According to commission sources, the officers — 100 each from Odisha and Jharkhand — are expected to arrive in the state within the next two days. The move is aimed at accelerating the scrutiny of voter records, particularly in eight districts of South Bengal where the workload is the heaviest.
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March 2, 2026, 04:37 PM - 3 min read
Amit Shah vows to remove “infiltrators” from Bengal if BJP wins 2026 polls, sharpens attack on TMC after revised voter rolls published.
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