Bengal SIR: SC orders central forces to be deployed after seven judicial officers gheraoed in Malda
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The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the deployment of central forces to provide security to judicial officers helping complete the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal, reported Bar and Bench.
A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi passed the order after taking note of seven judicial officers having been allegedly gheraoed for hours on Wednesday.
The officers, including three women, were allegedly held hostage in Malda district’s Kaliachak by persons protesting against the alleged mass deletion of voters during the revision of electoral rolls, according to The Telegraph.
Stones were thrown at their vehicles when the judicial officers were travelling to their residence, reported Live Law.
They were released from the mob after midnight following the intervention of the Calcutta High Court chief justice.
Visual from West Bengal where judicial officers came under attack while being rescued by security forces following protests in Malda over SIR deletions. pic.twitter.com/4tZidfgVT2
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On Thursday, the bench said that the incident was a “brazen attempt not only to browbeat judicial officers, but also challenges authority of this court, Bar and Bench reported.
“It was not a routine incident but appears to be a calculated, motivated move to demoralise the judicial officers and stop the ongoing process of adjudicating of objections in left...