Opinion | SC Order On SIR Strengthens Case For West Bengal Elections Under Central Rule

Only then can people come out to vote without fear, and the booths be sanitised from being taken over by TMC goons

An “extraordinary order" because of “extraordinary circumstances". That is how the Supreme Court on Friday described its own decision on the West Bengal special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ rolls.

It told the Calcutta High Court to appoint judicial officers for helping the state carry out the SIR exercise, noting the unfortunate blame game between the Mamata Banerjee-led state government and the Election Commission.

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The SC asked the high court to free up serving and even former judicial officers in the rank of district judge for SIR work. It had unusually harsh words for the TMC government.

“A situation is being created where judicial officers have to intervene. We were expecting cooperation by the state. Is this the level of communication from the........

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