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[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

I write about permitting 'going concern sales' during the corporate insolvency resolution process under the IBC. Going concern sales are prevalent in other jurisdictions and they can be an effective and speedy mechanism for rescuing distressed businesses.
https://t.co/8vjo2Kkfo8

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

Once the dust settles, only one of two things can happen. Either all the rebel TMC MLAs join bjp en masse. Or this new group disintegrates with a majority of them going back to Mamata with their tails between their legs or they join congress.

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

Surely, there’s no political future for any TMC leader claiming the opposition space, holding the TMC jhanda while also opposing Mamata. That’s an oxymoron that won’t hold any water politically

None of the leaders who defected have any real political credibility to taken on bjp

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

Once the dust settles, only one of two things can happen. Either all the rebel TMC MLAs join bjp en masse. Or this new group disintegrates with a majority of them going back to Mamata with their tails between their legs or they join congress.

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@sohinichat Check your spam folder 🤭

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@SauravDassss Checkout out Happy street in new town kolkata.

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

I did not to go to the Supreme Court today to hear its order in the SIR case.
As a litigant in this case, and as someone who was given the honour of addressing the court, I should have been hopeful, anxious, or at least curious. I was not. The case was decided long ago. We were only waiting for the transcript and its fine print.

The course of this case was settled in August last year. Having heard arguments against SIR for three days, the court moved away from examining the constitutionality of SIR and effectively converted itself into a Consumer Forum, focused on grievance redressal and arbitration, rather than constitutional principles.

The case was effectively decided when the apex court allowed the ECI to rush through the Bihar elections without first deciding the matter, and without requiring the ECI to rectify even the most glaring defects in post-SIR rolls.

There was little left of this case once the ECI proceeded with the second and then the third phase of SIR, while the Hon’ble Court leisurely heard arguments about its constitutionality. SIR had become a fait accompli. Any remaining doubt disappeared when the Hon’ble judges observed in open court that no one would be allowed to obstruct SIR.

The final nail in the coffin of this petition was hammered during the hearing of another petition before the same Bench, when an Hon’ble judge remarked that millions denied their right to vote need not fret, since they could vote in the next election. At that moment, the court abdicated its constitutional responsibility.

Shorn of legalese, the simple truth is that the highest court of a constitutional democracy has already authorised the disenfranchisement of millions of citizens — at least 59 million so far, could go up eventually to 100 million.

It was inconceivable that the court would now declare SIR unconstitutional and annul all post-SIR elections. The lawyers were waiting for the the exact legal reasoning deployed to arrive at a conclusion that was already known. Such legal gymnastics did not interest me. Some friends were looking for some crumbs in the hope that the court might at least wish to save face, if not save the voters. Eventually that too did not happen. Polite noises apart, the Court has handed over a carteblac to the ECI to do what it pleases with the voters list.

ADR vs Union of India (2026) is to our times what ADM Jabalpur vs Shivkant
Shukla (1976) was to the previous assault on our democracy. We must hope that the SIR judgment does not mark the crumbling of the last constitutional wall, as ADM Jabalpur once did. We must believe that one day this constitutional abdication by the guardian of the Constitution will be recognised for what it was. And reversed.

Jai Hind!

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@Aunindyo2023 Abdur Razzak Mollah was one such exception

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

But it already takes less than 1 hour (albeit by car) already! Metro was supposed to beat heavy traffic, no?

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

Target locked: One-hour Metro ride from New Garia to Calcutta airport expected by 2028

#Kolkatametro #airport #NewGaria

https://t.co/QK4F50Yoj7

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@Sushovan1409 But Subrata Gupta wasn’t a chief secretary in West Bengal

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

Suvendu proves anyone from TMC can become chief minister!

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@WestBengalDiary @ndtv @ndtvindia @htTweets @MyAnandaBazar @Ei_Samay @News18Bengali @BanglaRepublic @Tv9_Bangla @bbcbangla @SangbadPratidin https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@pranaykotas Hey! I’ve been looking at parliamentary debates myself. One of the stumbling blocks has been the poor quality scans of pre-2010s pdfs. Even after using pdf parsing libraries like marker, the extracted text isn’t perfect. Want to know if you’ve faced or considered this

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

This is a step in the wrong direction.

Read: https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

New govt, old seat of power: Why BJP wants to shift new West Bengal CM back to Writers’ Building https://t.co/ZYJJme46jZ

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

Why does the new Bengal government have to move back to a British era colonial building? A building that has overseen the consistent decline of Bengal?

https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ

[IANS @ians_india]

Kolkata, West Bengal: The new BJP government is likely to make the Writers' Building its main administrative headquarters

(Visuals from the Writers' Building)

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@Bongomaithili But I think we could do better to convert the Writers’ building as a museum and have a new and modern secretariat

https://t.co/HT7z0q4dKg

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

The new BJP govt wants to move back to the Writers' Building. But it's the wrong move for a govt that wants to turn a new leaf

https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@KolkataPlus ⬇️

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

The new BJP govt wants to move back to the Writers' Building. But it's the wrong move for a govt that wants to turn a new leaf

https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@News18Bengali https://t.co/HT7z0q4dKg

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

The new BJP govt wants to move back to the Writers' Building. But it's the wrong move for a govt that wants to turn a new leaf

https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@abirghoshal https://t.co/HT7z0q4dKg

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

The new BJP govt wants to move back to the Writers' Building. But it's the wrong move for a govt that wants to turn a new leaf

https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

@TheBengalIndex https://t.co/HT7z0q4dKg

[Oitihjya @oitihjya]

The new BJP govt wants to move back to the Writers' Building. But it's the wrong move for a govt that wants to turn a new leaf

https://t.co/KXUkATO0sZ