New Delhi, April 20 -- The Supreme Court on Monday requested an Appellate Tribunal constituted in West Bengal to accord an out-of-turn hearing to the petitioner excluded from the electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Shadan Farasat for the petitioner. The senior counsel told the Court that the petitioner possesses a passport, was part of the 2002 electoral roll, and has been voting ever since.
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