The Supreme Court on August 11 said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) acted like a “super Election Commission of India” by appointing “a special human rights observer” to gather information about incidents of violence during the recently concluded panchayat elections in West Bengal.
A Bench headed by Justice B.V. Nagarathna upheld the Calcutta High Court order which quashed the NHRC’s June notification.
The Bench said the supervision and control of panchayat elections was the sole constitutional responsibility of the State Election Commission under Article 243K of the Constitution.
