Calcutta HC CJ reviews electoral roll revision with top officials

• Calcutta High Court Chief Justice held a stock-taking meeting with the chief electoral officer and top state officials regarding the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
• Judicial officers have been deputed for the SIR exercise.
• The Supreme Court had asked Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul to spare judicial officers and find former judges to assist in the SIR work.
• The SC noted the state government's failure to spare enough grade 'A' officers for the revision exercise.
• The meeting reviewed the process where judicial officers adjudicate claims and objections for persons facing removal from electoral rolls due to logical discrepancies.