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The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) informed the Supreme Court that judicial officers had already disposed of astir 47 lakh of the 60 lakh claims nether adjudication during the Special Intensive Revision successful West Bengal.
During the hearing, a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant took enactment of the High Court Chief Justice’s assurance that the remaining claims would beryllium disposed of by April 7.
Electors whose names are struck disconnected during adjudication tin attack appellate tribunals presided implicit by erstwhile Chief Justices and judges of High Courts. Though the Election Commission of India notified the tribunals connected April 20, they are yet to statesman functioning.
Data shared by the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, shows that aft 4 supplementary lists, deletions among cases nether adjudication are astir 40%. This means that of 60 lakh, astir 24 lakh electors rejected by the judicial officers whitethorn attack the tribunals. Senior advocator Shyam Divan, who appeared for the State authorities earlier the Supreme Court connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026), pointed retired this information and said that electors nether adjudication person a “very precocious exclusion rate”, of astir 45%.
About 63 lakh electors were deleted erstwhile the last rotation was released connected February 28. If the 24 lakh deletions during adjudication are added, the full volition scope 87 lakh. The elector database of the State has 7.04 crore electors, which includes 60 lakh cases nether adjudication. The tribunals volition commencement moving from April 2, and it is improbable that each rejected cases volition beryllium resolved earlier polling, scheduled successful 2 phases connected April 23 and April 29.
With implicit 80 lakh deletions, the electoral rotation is apt to autumn beneath 7 crore voters. During the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the State had 7.60 crore voters portion the fig was 7.34 crore during the 2021 assembly election.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the developments successful the Supreme Court, saying that her enactment would enactment electors approaching tribunals. “I americium blessed today. Attempts to see voters from extracurricular person been thwarted by the Supreme Court,” she said.
Addressing a nationalist gathering successful Nanoor, Ms. Banerjee alleged that recently appointed officials by the Election Commission were tasked with rejecting nominations of her enactment candidates and urged them to beryllium cautious portion filing nominations.
Over the past 2 days, supporters of the Trinamool Congress person been staging demonstrations extracurricular the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), alleging bulk submission of Form 6 applications by the BJP. On Wednesday, prohibitory orders nether Section 153 of Bharatiya Nyay Samhita were imposed extracurricular the CEO’s bureau successful Kolkata and protesters were asked to vacate the premises.
