Less than 1 pc of SIR cases cleared in 100 days in Bengal

Less than 1 pc of SIR cases cleared in 100 days in Bengal

Kolkata: In the 100 days since starting operations, SIR tribunals in West Bengal have cleared 30,000 cases, less than 1 per cent of the state’s 33 lakh pending appeals, The Times of India reported. It would take the 19 tribunals more than 25 years to dispose of every single appeal if the current pace continues. The hearings may be further hindered with the recent resignations of judges. Ranjit Bag, former Calcutta High Court judge handling appea…