Calcutta HC Refuses To Stay Bhabanipur Bypoll To Be Contested by Mamata Banerjee

The HC on Tuesday refused to stay the decision of the Election Commission to conduct the bye-election on priority.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, 28 September, dismissed a petition to stay the Bhabanipur by-election, which is scheduled for 30 September. The polls will now be held as scheduled.

The court on Tuesday refused to stay the decision of the Election Commission to conduct the by-election on priority.

The order on Tuesday came in response to a PIL, in which petitioner Sayan Banerjee had challenged the decision of the EC to prioritise the by-election in the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency.