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The Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) some hailed the Supreme Court’s involution successful Tuesday’s (February 24, 2026) bid allowing the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice to deploy judicial officers from neighbouring Jharkhand and Odisha to woody with claims and objections successful the ongoing peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful West Bengal.
The Supreme Court after receiving a missive from the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court detailing the perils of the “enormous exercise” authorised him to petition his counterparts successful neighbouring Odisha and Jharkhand to spare serving oregon retired judicial officers for the verification enactment successful West Bengal.
The Trinamool welcomed the Supreme Court’s involution the mode it has hailed the apical court’s bid connected February 20, erstwhile it had directed judicial officers to instrumentality portion successful the SIR process successful West Bengal calling it “another resounding triumph for Bengal’s Maa-Mati-Manush successful the Supreme Court”.
“@ECISVEEP’s arrogant stranglehold connected Bengal’s SIR process has been decisively snapped. As Smt. @MamataOfficial demanded and fought bony and nail, the SC has present taken the reigns, stripping the ECI of its unchecked discretion,” the Trinamool Congress posted connected societal media from its authoritative handle.
West Bengal’s ruling enactment called Tuesday’s (February 24) verdict “a decisive affirmation of the law close to ballot and a wide reminder that electoral processes cannot beryllium manipulated done administrative overreach oregon arbitrary standards.”
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said the improvement is simply a effect of “complete politicisation of the administration” successful the State and blamed it connected Mamata Banerjee’s Government for the ongoing situation.
“It is simply a substance of shame that the apex tribunal tin besides realise determination is simply a full politicisation successful Bengal medication nether the reign of Mamata Banerjee. The inclusion of judicial officers from different States successful the SIR process successful Bengal does not bring dignity and glory to our State, and the TMC is solely liable for that,” the BJP person said.
The Supreme Court has directed the work of the electoral rolls connected February 28, and clarified that the canvass sheet tin contented supplementary lists arsenic the verification process proceeds. Claims and objections of astir 50 lakh electors are inactive pending successful the State and the Supreme Court portion referring to a “trust” shortage betwixt the EC and the State Government had asked the judiciary to measurement in.
