Supreme Court rejects plea by BJP's Suvendu Adhikari to recalculate SC/ST figures for West Bengal panchayat polls

A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud remarked that interdicting an election process, which was already underway, is a serious matter and the Court cannot do the same.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari seeking re-assessment of the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) figures in West Bengal for the upcoming panchayat polls [Suvendu Adhikari vs State of West Bengal and ors].

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