The Calcutta High Court has slapped the Election Commission over its decision to deploy West Bengal government college assistant and associate professors as presiding officers, saying the ECI must follow its own rules and cannot change notification after notification. Justice Krishna Rao even pushed back on the logic of Section 26 of the Representation of the People Act, warning that if the commission wants, even judges could be made polling officers, but only when special reasons are written down properly. This video breaks down the writ petition by college professors, the court’s criticism of missing documents, and why the order matters for West Bengal Assembly Elections as the SIR row and other election issues continue to build. To understand how the bench challenged the ECI’s appointment powers, Watch the Full Video Now!
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