By IANS
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking its intervention in West Bengal’s violence-hit Nandigram.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan refused to entertain the petition saying it cannot issue direction to the central government to act in accordance with West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi’s report on the situation there or direct it to impose president’s rule in the state.
The bench dismissed the petition by Kedarnath Yadav as it had also partly lost its relevance. The petition had been filed over three months back.
At least 34 people have been killed this year in police firing and clashes between the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist activists and an anti-land acquisition group in Nandigram, in East Midnapore district.
As the matter came up for hearing, the chief justice told the petitioner that the state governor has already sent his report to the central government.