Kolkata: In a major setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Monday (June 21, 2021) rejected a petition seeking withdrawal or stay of its order from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to probe the post-election violence in the state. At the same time, the High Court has ordered the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission to constitute a committee to look into the violence.

The High Court has directed the state government to provide all necessary facilities to the panel of NHRC. The court has warned that no obstruction should be there, otherwise contempt of court proceedings will be faced. Reprimanding the Mamata government, the High Court said that the state government has failed to take concrete steps in the matter of violence. Meanwhile, Advocate General Kishore Dutta demanded a stay on the order from the court for 2-3 days. On this, the High Court said that the NHRC had to come due to allegations of no action against the police.

Earlier on Sunday (June 20, 2021), the West Bengal government had filed a review petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking its own order. In fact, the court had on June 18, 2021 ordered the National Human Rights Commission to investigate "Post-election violence" in the state. In this case, the Additional Chief Secretary and Home Secretary, Department of Home and Hill Affairs, West Bengal had filed an affidavit in the HC cautioning them to give a chance to deal with the post-poll violence cases in the state. In the petition, the Mamata government had sought permission from the High Court to inform the NHRC or any other agency about the steps taken by the state authorities in the matter before handing over the investigation into the violence. The government had claimed to have taken stringent steps in the matter of violence.

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