{"id":210293,"date":"2026-03-23T20:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=210293"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:56:23","slug":"transfers-as-per-law-is-the-pil-valid-election-commission-questions-maintainability-of-case-in-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/transfers-as-per-law-is-the-pil-valid-election-commission-questions-maintainability-of-case-in-hc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Transfers as per Law, is the PIL Valid?&#8221; Election Commission Questions Maintainability of Case in HC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The legal battle over the mass transfer of IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal reached the Calcutta High Court on Monday. During the hearing before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, the Election Commission of India (ECI) questioned the maintainability of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging its transfer orders. 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