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Retired Calcutta High Court judge Biswajit Basu resigned from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) tribunal in West Bengal on November 7, 2026, citing personal reasons. He is the fourth among the 19 retired judges appointed to head the SIR tribunals to resign. The tribunals were established to hear appeals from voters whose names were deleted from the electoral rolls during the SIR process. The SIR process, which took place from October 2025 to February 2026, resulted in the deletion of nearly 91 lakh voters from the state's draft electoral rolls. The tribunals are currently hearing appeals from lakhs of voters whose names were deleted. The resignations of the retired judges are likely to affect the disposal of appeals, particularly in Murshidabad district, where a large number of voters were excluded from the electoral rolls.
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