'Let him participate in elections': Calcutta HC grants relief to Congress Nandigram bypoll candidate
The bench said criminal law offers no special protection for election candidates and kept his judicial remand in force, affecting his bypoll campaign.
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Calcutta HC overturns relief for Congress's Nandigram candidate
The Calcutta High Court's division bench set aside a single-bench order that had granted interim protection to Congress' Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan from coercive action in a 2007 criminal case. The court ruled that there is no provision in criminal law for such interim protection, meaning Pradhan's judicial remand will remain effective ahead of the bypoll.
Law same for all: Calcutta High Court quashes relief granted to Congress' Nandigram candidate
The Calcutta High Court set aside the single-bench order shielding Milan Pradhan from coercive action in the 2007 Khejuri case. The ruling leaves his judicial remand intact and says election candidacy cannot invite different treatment under law.
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court has quashed the interim relief granted to Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in a 2007 criminal case. The court stated that criminal law does not provide for such interim protection, and that the option of post-arrest bail or anticipatory bail in the event of arrest is available. The court also stated that the law applies equally to all and that there cannot be a separate provision for a candidate contes…
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