Supreme Court Asks ECI To Decide Trinamool Election Symbol Dispute Within 4 Months

The Supreme Court today set a timeline for the Election Commission of India to finally decide the election symbol dispute in the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) party involving the Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee factions under Paragraph 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968.The Court asked both the parties to file their affidavits/counter-affidavits within four weeks. In other words, the pleadings should be completed within four weeks.After that, the ECI must decide the matter within three months. Thus, effectively, the Court has directed that the matter be decided within a period of four months.