Election Commission seeks more tribunals as Bengal appeals mount
The Election Commission is seeking additional tribunals to handle about 37 lakh appeals arising from the Special Intensive Revision process in Bengal, India Today reported. The supplied material says the backlog could take 12 years to resolve, but provides no further detail on the appeals or proposed tribunals.
The Election Commission is seeking more tribunals to deal with about 37 lakh appeals arising from the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, process in Bengal, according to India Today. The report said the volume of appeals could take 12 years to clear. It described the commission’s request for additional tribunals as a response to the size of the backlog.
The supplied material does not provide details about the nature of the appeals, the dates involved or the number of tribunals currently handling them. It also does not identify the authority that would establish any additional tribunals. No information is provided on how the appeals are distributed, how the 12-year estimate was calculated or what effect the backlog could have on the wider SIR process.
India Today’s supplied headline identifies the appeals as involving Bengal, but gives no further account of the commission’s discussions or any response from political parties, officials or affected residents. The material also does not say whether the Election Commission has set a timetable for creating more tribunals. It only records that the commission is seeking them and that the appeals, numbering about 37 lakh, could otherwise take years to resolve.
The figures and estimate are attributed here to the supplied India Today report.
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