As horrendous atrocities continues to be meted out to anyone with a semblance of association with the BJP or those who dared to vote for the party, the Calcutta High Court has delivered a major setback to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by turning down the West Bengal government’s request of recalling or modifying its directive where the court asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to examine all cases of alleged human rights violations cases during the post-poll violence in the State.
Observing that the West Bengal government has failed to convince the Court that they have seriously acted against the allegations of human rights violations, the Calcutta High Court dismissed the West Bengal government’s request of either recalling or modifying its earlier directive.
On June 20, West Bengal Home Secretary B P Gopalika submitted a petition to request the Calcutta High Court to recall or modify its order as she stated that the West Bengal government should be given a chance to inquire into nearly 3,423 allegations provided by the West Bengal Legal Services Authority (WBLSA).
The WBLSA while submitting its report had categorically stated that when the complaints of the post-poll violence were referred to the concerned district police officers, no response was received from them. However, the State Home Department argued that the allegations of police ‘inaction’ against complaints needed to be verified.
Based on the WBLSA’s report where it stated that 3,423 incidents of post-poll violence were recorded till June 10, the Court had earlier on June 18, passed the order directing the NHRC to examine all post-poll violence.
The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Binal and Justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar dismissed the West Bengal government’s plea to recall the Court’s earlier directive.
The Acting Chief Justice observed, “There were allegations that Police is not taking action and that is why we had to involve NHRC. You have not put on record a single complaint received by you. Your conduct in this case does not inspire confidence of this court.”
The Bench also criticised the West Bengal government for its lethargy as the NHRC has already received over 500 complaints while the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government continues to maintain that the State Human Rights Commission has yet to receive a single complaint.
From allegations of day-light murder to gang-rapes and bombing West Bengal is witnessing unprecedented post poll violence as Mamata’s minions look determined to wreak havoc in the state. Recently, a woman was paraded naked in Alipurduar, another tonsured in Moynaguri and third stripped in Dhupguri with the mainstream feminists conveniently turning a blind eye on such incidents as its not a BJP-ruled state.
National Human Rights Commission Chairperson Justice (retired) Arun Mishra constitutes a committee to enquire into the complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal, in accordance with the orders of the High Court of Calcutta pic.twitter.com/j0vFEBqNGP
— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2021
The NHRC led by Justice (retired) Arun Mishra has now constituted a seven-member committee to enquire into the complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal and one hopes that the NHRC is able to bring the perpetrators of the violence to justice.