Biswajit Basu becomes fourth retired judge to resign from West Bengal SIR tribunal

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Biswajit Basu has resigned from a tribunal handling voter-list appeals in West Bengal, becoming the fourth retired judge to leave the panel. Tribunal heads have raised concerns about the slow disposal of 3.8 million pending appeals.

Others who quit are former Calcutta HC Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, former judges Ranjit Kumar Bagh and Indrajit Chatterjee; judges heading the 19 tribunals have complained about the slow pace of disposal of 38 lakh pending appeals