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Fourth Judge Quits West Bengal SIR Tribunal

Fourth Judge Quits West Bengal SIR Tribunal

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Biswajit Basu, a former Calcutta High Court judge, is the fourth retired judge to resign from the West Bengal SIR appeals tribunal, citing personal reasons. The SIR tribunals were formed amid a controversy over the deletion of a few million names from Bengal’s electoral rolls.

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    His resignation comes amid a backlog of more than 37 lakh appeals from voters seeking restoration of their names to the electoral rolls.

    — Deccan Chronicle

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His resignation comes amid a backlog of more than 37 lakh appeals from voters seeking restoration of their names to the electoral rolls.

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  5. Deccan Chronicle Center Deccan Chronicle Holdings Current article

    Fourth Judge Quits West Bengal SIR Tribunal

    His resignation comes amid a backlog of more than 37 lakh appeals from voters seeking restoration of their names to the electoral rolls.

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