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West Bengal panchayat polls: ‘Holding election can’t be licence for violence’
Updated On: 21 June, 2023 08:39 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
West Bengal panchayat polls: SC dismisses pleas challenging HC order on deployment of central forces
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Employees at Raj Bhavan control room for issues relating to threats and intimidation, ahead of the panchayat polls, in Kolkata. Pic/PTI
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with an order of the Calcutta High Court directing the State Election Commission (SEC) to requisition and deploy central forces across West Bengal for the July 8 panchayat polls.
The pleas were filed by the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission. “Holding election cannot be a license for violence,” a vacation bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Manoj Misra observed during the hearing.
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