New Delhi : SC on Monday said former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and others were free to file fresh applications over claims that deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls may have affected poll outcomes in several Assembly constituencies in the state.
Appearing for the Trinamool Congress, Kalyan Banerjee told the top court that in 31 Assembly seats, the margin of victory was lower than the number of voter names deleted during the SIR adjudication process. The Trinamool MP further submitted that the overall vote difference between the TMC and the BJP in the state was around 32 lakh votes, while appeals against deletions exceeded 35 lakh.
Responding to the submissions, the bench observed that if the victory margin in constituencies was indeed lower than the number of deleted votes, fresh applications could be moved before the court. During an earlier hearing too, the apex court had indicated it would examine cases where the difference between winning and losing margins was smaller than the disputed deletions.
Appearing for Trinamool Congress, senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Menaka Guruswamy told the bench that, at the current pace, appellate tribunals could take nearly four years to clear pending appeals linked to additions and deletions in electoral rolls. The Election Commission of India opposed the submissions, maintaining that the legal remedy in such cases was through election petitions.
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