The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the state BJP's plea for central forces for the Calcutta Municipal Corporation polls on December 19. The apex court told the BJP that the plea could be adjudicated by Calcutta High Court.

Calcutta High Court will on Tuesday deliver its verdict in the case related to polls to 111 municipal bodies.

The division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj finished hearing the case filed by an individual who sought the court to direct the state government to hold elections to 111 civic bodies in Bengal fast. Later, the BJP and the CPM joined the case.

Other cases

Calcutta High Court wants to form a high-powered committee to curb the illegal lifting of sand and boulders from rivers and coal mining. Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava expressed his desire to set up such a committee while hearing a PIL that sought the court’s order against illegal lifting of sand and boulders from Indus and Kotulpur rivers in Bankura. He asked counsels of the state government and the petitioner to suggest names of dignitaries for the committee by December 15.

The high court on Monday asked the Centre for its view on placing in public domain the reports by various commissions on the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Following a PIL filed by Hirendra Nath Bagchi, the division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj issued the directive.

Moving the petition for Bagchi, advocate Rabindra Narayan Datta claimed before the court that even though Netaji had great contribution in the freedom movement, the central government never placed reports of the commissions before the country.