The report of the Human Rights Commission is correct, the work of the administration government: the High Court

(PTI) Kolkata, Dt

The Calcutta High Court has again struck down the Mamata Banerjee government over the violence in Bengal after the Assembly elections. Justice I.P. of Calcutta High Court. Mukherjee agreed with the decision to hand over the probe into post-poll crimes in West Bengal to the CBI and separately in his judgment rejected the allegations that the Central Human Rights Commission committee had made biased recommendations and said such allegations were baseless.

Judge Mukherjee of the Calcutta High Court said the committee constituted by the Central Human Rights Commission had the power to investigate and present the collected evidence only under the order of a five-judge bench. Judge Mukherjee, while agreeing with the bench's judgment on public interest litigation, said the allegation of bias against the committee was meaningless as the court had not only considered the committee's report but also the lawyers' arguments and arguments.

In his remarks, Justice Mukherjee said that the arguments of the Election Commission were correct that it was its job to conduct the elections, but it was the job of the government to run the administration. "In my opinion, the Election Commission is theoretically correct, but it is also true that the Election Commission asked the administration to replace the officers on duty and to deploy them as per its instructions at that time when it was in charge of elections," he said. He added that if the election result was a crime, it was the duty of the Election Commission to at least instruct or advise the administration to register a complaint or take action, which it did not provide.

Justice Mukherjee said that between the elections and the taking over of the new government, the Election Commission needed to play a more positive role by directing the administration to register a complaint. If the alleged crimes are proved, the perpetrators will be punished. Only then can the whole system be made fair and transparent. Opposing the recommendations and findings of the National Human Rights Commission's report, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi claimed that the allegations were false and biased. He claimed that some members of the seven-member committee had links with the BJP.

Meanwhile, the CBI on Friday asked the West Bengal Director General of Police in writing to provide details of all cases related to murder and rape during post-election violence in the state. The CBI has formed four teams headed by joint directors Ramanish, Anurag, Vineet Vinayak and Sampat Meena to probe the cases. Each team will have seven members, including a deputy inspector general and four superintendents of police. These members will be called from all over the country. All these investigations will be overseen by Additional Director Ajay Bhatnagar.