Kolkata, April 23 -- A Calcutta High Court judge while hearing a petition filed at her bench against the restrictions imposed on two-wheelers by the Election Commission of India (ECI) questioned whether the body had such powers to issue such restrictions.
Justice Krishna Rao observed on Thursday that the restrictions placed by the ECI on the usage of two-wheelers "curbed the rights of the common normal people who use two-wheelers.""In which other state have you passed such an order? Tell me. What is the rationale behind stopping the use of two-wheelers during elections," Justice Rao said in the court.
She also wondered whether ECI had the power to issue such a "restrictive order."A petition challenging the restrictions imposed by the Elec...