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CDJ 2026 Cal HC 160 print Preview print print
Court : High Court of Judicature at Calcutta
Case No : MAT. No. 771 of 2026 & CAN. No. 1 of 2026
Judges: THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMPA SARKAR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR GUPTA
Parties : Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal Versus Ritankar Das & Others
Appearing Advocates : For the Appearing Parties: Ld. Kishore Datta, A.G., Ld. Swapan Banerjee, A.G.P., Jishnu Chowdhury, Sr. Advocate, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Sr. Advocate, Sanskriti Agarwarl, Sunita Shaw, Soumen Chatterjee, Soumya Dasgupta, Siddhartha Sankar Mandal, Sattwik Majumder, Tanuta Guray, Sanchari Chakraborty, Sayari Barman, Subit Majumdar, Advocates.
Date of Judgment : 27-04-2026
Head Note :-
Subject
Judgment :-

1. Having heard Mr. Chowdhury, learned senior counsel who has elaborately stressed on the security and peaceful casting of votes on the polling day of the second phase, we are of the view that justice would be sub served if the order of His Lordship dated April 20, 2026 is modified to the extent that under Clause „a‟ of the order, after bike rally, riders in groups be inserted. Clause „a‟ of the order will read as follows:-

                     “No motorbike rally or biking in groups shall be allowed during polling day – 2 onwards.”

2. The rest portion of His Lordship‟s order remains unaltered.

3. The order of His Lordship will be restricted to the writ petition which pertains to the election of 2026. The questions of law are not decided for the time being and are kept open.

4. Accordingly, the appeal and the connected application are disposed of.

5. All parties including the persons who are required to use their motorcycle during this period as also the authority shall act on the basis of the server copy of this order and server copy of this order as also the order of the learned single Judge will be uploaded in the website of the Election Commission.

 
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