New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to make legal history on Tuesday by personally presenting her case before the Supreme Court, subject to the court’s approval. Her petition challenging the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday.

According to sources, Banerjee, who holds a law degree, has moved an interim plea seeking permission to address the court directly. The application has been submitted through her legal team, and arrangements have reportedly been made for her presence inside the Supreme Court complex.
She arrived at the court premises by around 10 am.
 

The matter will be taken up by a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi. The hearing will cover a group of petitions filed by Banerjee, Trinamool Congress MPs Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, and another petitioner, Mostari Banu.

Reports indicate that Banerjee has approached the court as a “party in person”, a rare move for a sitting chief minister.