Calcutta High Court quashes relief granted to Nandigram candidate

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court has quashed relief granted to Congress’s Nandigram candidate. The bench was presided over by Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge, according to The Hindu. In its ruling, the court held that there was no provision in criminal law for granting such interim protection to an accused.

The available report did not identify the candidate by name, describe the criminal case or specify the relief that had previously been granted. It also did not state the immediate legal consequences of the judgment or whether any further appeal was planned. The ruling therefore turns on the court’s stated interpretation that criminal law did not provide a basis for the interim protection at issue.