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Calcutta High Court Orders Speedy Review in Passport Case
A woman said her name was wrongly removed from a voter list in West Bengal.
Her son needed a passport to study medicine in Bangladesh.
She said the voter-list problem was stopping him from getting the passport.
She asked the Calcutta High Court for help.
The court did not decide the appeal itself.
Instead, Justice Krishna Rao asked a special tribunal to decide it quickly.
The tribunal was asked to try to finish the case within two weeks of receiving the court order.
This could help determine whether the woman’s name should be restored or otherwise addressed.
The Calcutta High Court directed an SIR appellate tribunal to decide a woman’s appeal within two weeks, if possible.
The woman said her name was allegedly deleted from West Bengal’s voter list.
She told the court that the deletion was preventing her son from obtaining a passport.
The passport was needed for her son to pursue an MBBS course in Bangladesh.
Justice Krishna Rao disposed of the writ petition while requesting an early tribunal decision.
- Who
- A woman, her son, the Calcutta High Court, Justice Krishna Rao, and the Special Intensive Revision appellate tribunal.
- What
- The court asked the tribunal to decide the woman’s appeal over her alleged voter-list deletion as early as possible, preferably within two weeks.
- Where
- The case concerns West Bengal’s voter list, and the son planned to study in Bangladesh.
- When
- The High Court issued the direction on August 20; the article does not specify the year.
- Why
- The woman said the alleged deletion of her name was preventing her son from obtaining a passport for an MBBS course in Bangladesh.
Key facts
- Court
- Calcutta High Court
- Judge
- Justice Krishna Rao
- Proceeding
- Writ petition disposed of with a request for expedited tribunal action
- Dispute
- Alleged deletion of the woman’s name from the voter list
- Tribunal
- Special Intensive Revision appellate tribunal
- Deadline requested
- Preferably within two weeks of receiving the court order
- Son’s plan
- Pursue an MBBS course in Bangladesh
Quotes
Justice Krishna Rao
Calcutta High Court judge who disposed of the writ petition
“Considered the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. Perused the materials on record, the appellate Tribunal is requested to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner as early as possible preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of this order,”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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