The decision to form a panel, with retired judges as its members, was taken at a special cabinet meeting chaired by the West Bengal chief minister during the day.
The BJP MLA also sought an order quashing FIRs registered against him by the West Bengal police alleging those were 'false claims' that subjected him to 'political vendetta'.
The NHRC report states that the situation in Bengal is manifestation of 'Law of Ruler', not 'Rule of Law'. It recommends that probe for murder & rape be handed over to the CBI.
Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya says the power of assignment of matters 'cannot be exercised at the whims of the RG (Registrar General) or even the Acting Chief Justice'.
Banerjee has moved the high court claiming that the judge assigned to hear her petition against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari may not get her justice due to his alleged BJP links.
The plea sought a recall of the order passed over PILs alleging displacement of people, physical assault, destruction of property and ransacking of businesses after Bengal polls.
The high court also directed the 4 TMC leaders — ministers Subrata Mukherjee & Firhad Hakim, MLA Madan Mitra and ex-mayor Sovan Chatterjee — to furnish bail bonds of Rs 2 lakh each.
The division bench judges disagreed over vacating a stay given by them on bail granted by a special CBI court to Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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