Justice Kausik Chanda of Calcutta High Court who was appointed to hear the petition of Mamata Banerjee had recused himself on Wednesday from hearing the Petition. He has also imposed a fine on her of Rs. 5 lakhs for making an application seeking his recusal.

Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee had filed a Petition concerning the Nandigram Assembly election which lost against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikary. She believes some discrepancies were committed in the counting process and asked in her petition to declare the election null and void.

The Case was assigned to Justice Kausik Chanda of Calcutta High Court. After the case been assigned to him Mamata Banerjee had made an application to Justice Rajesh Bindal, the acting Justice of the Calcutta High Court asking for reassignment of to case to some other Justice. Her intention behind this act was that she believed that Justice Chanda will do favoritism as he has some relationship with Bhajpa. She also believed that Justice Chanda will be biased in her case as while his appointment as permanent Judge she objected to it.

Replying to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s application to reassignment Justice Chanda said that there nothing wrong with a judge supporting a political party, like any other citizen they have the right to support and vote. He also said that he had no personal interest in the case and he would have heard and made a judgment on it like any other case without being bias. He also stated that there a whole different reason behind him recusing it. So that no controversies can be made in the interest of Justice.

-Report by RIDDHI DUBEY