SC to hear Centre's plea on withdrawing forces from Darjeeling

October 25, 2017 12:54

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Centre's plea challenging the Calcutta high court order on withdrawal of security forces from Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal.

A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and S Abdul Nazeer said the matter will be listed on October 27.

Appearing for the Centre, advocate Wasim Qadri said the Calcutta high court had on October 17 stayed the withdrawal of security forces from the disturbed areas of Darjeeling and Kalimpong.

He said the Centre needs to deploy forces in the poll-bound states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Some forces also need to be deployed along the borders of Jammu and Kashmir and in the north-eastern states, he added.

The Calcutta high court had stayed the withdrawal of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from the Darjeeling hills, the scene of unrest over the statehood demand, till October 27 after the state government approached it against the Centre's decision.

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