Calcutta High Court Division Bench Overturns Protection for Congress Candidate in Nandigram By-poll

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court has set aside an order that granted protection to Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate arrested in connection with the Nandigram by-poll. The bench expressed surprise at the protection granted by a single judge bench on Thursday.

The development comes amid proceedings related to the electoral process in the constituency. Details of the charges against Pradhan and the grounds for the division bench's decision were not immediately specified.