Kolkata, Nov. 7 -- Retired Calcutta High Court judge Biswajit Basu has resigned from the tribunal constituted to adjudicate claims and objections relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, citing personal reasons.
Basu has written to Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Rabindra V Ghughe, informing him of his decision to withdraw from the tribunal.
The Supreme Court had entrusted the Calcutta High Court with the responsibility of adjudicating the cases of voters whose names figured in the under-adjudication list during the SIR exercise.
The apex court had directed the High Court Chief Justice to constitute a tribunal comprising retired judges to dispose of these cases.
Basu was part of the tribunal ...