Mother off voter list, student denied domicile certificate, Calcutta High Court steps in
The Calcutta High Court intervened in two cases concerning domicile certificates and voter list deletions, issuing orders on August 27.
In one case, a student cleared the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) and NEET, requiring a domicile certificate for counselling. The court ruled that there was no justification for denying the certificate solely because the student's mother had been removed from the voter list. Despite this, the student's name remained on the electoral roll, and she had voted in the last Assembly election. The court directed the Sub-Divisional Officer to issue the domicile certificate within one week.
In the second case, a woman's name was allegedly deleted from the voter list, preventing her son from obtaining a passport to study MBBS in Bangladesh. The Calcutta High Court directed the Special Intensive Revision appellate tribunal to decide on her appeal within two weeks.
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