Mamata's Nandigram Poll Plea: HC Issues Notice to Suvendu Adhikari

A single-judge bench also asked the concerned authority to preserve all documents connected with the said election.

The Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, 14 July, issued notice to BJP leader and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. This notice comes in an election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging Adhikari’s election from Nandigram constituency in May 2021.

According to a Bar and Bench report, a single-judge bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar also asked the concerned authority to preserve all documents, election papers, devices, video recordings etc connected with the said election, for the duration of the case.

Further, following a perusal of the report of the Registrar from 21 May, the court noted that there were no defects in the petition filed by the West Bengal CM.