Bengal SIR: Tribunal orders Cong candidate's name to be reinstated in supplementary roll

KOLKATA: April 6 Congress candidate Mohtab Sheikh, whose name was earlier put under the adjudication cases column of the final electoral roll on February 28, was a happy man Sunday evening after a tribunal ordered that his name be reinstated.

A relieved Sheikh told mediapersons, "Justice has finally been delivered. My name has been cleared and restored, and I can now proceed with filing my nomination.”

This was apparently the first such ruling by any tribunal involving a candidate to resolve an ongoing adjudication case due to “logical discrepancy”, an Election Commission (EC) official said.