West Bengal reconstitutes panels of prosecutors and government pleaders in Dakshin Dinajpur

Kamal Kumar Biswas.TOD.Balurghat

The West Bengal Government has appointed fresh panels of Public Prosecutors (PPs) and Government Pleaders (GPs) for the Balurghat and Gangarampur sub-divisional courts in Dakshin Dinajpur district.According to a notification issued by the Office of the Superintendent & Remembrancer of Legal Affairs on August 5, the appointments took effect immediately and will remain in force until further orders. The notification, issued by order of the Governor, also cancels all earlier notifications and orders relating to the panels.

For the Balurghat Sub-Divisional Court, Sudip Kumar Roy Choudhury has been appointed Public Prosecutor, while Amit Deb, Vivek Bhagat, Pintu Sarkar, Debasish Majumdar, Debotosh Singha Roy, Sudip Kar, Tamagno Sarkar, Biswajit Das, Tapan Kumar Roy, Nirmal Saha, Madhumita Das, Goutam Sarkar, Bapi Mondal, and Kanai Dutta have been appointed Panel Public Prosecutors.

The panel of Government Pleaders for Balurghat comprises Achintya Das as the Government Pleader, along with Pinaki Lal Roy, Dr. Binoy Brata Bhoumick, Somen Saha, Bapi Mollik, Abhijit Roy, Arpita Lahiri, Debabrata Karmakar, Arindam Ghosh, Niranjan Shil, Anish Das, Prodip Sarkar, Satadru Sarkar, Nirjash Moitra, Tridibendra Paul, and Biswajit Das as Panel Government Pleaders.At the Gangarampur Sub-Divisional Court at Buniadpur, Ajit Kumar Sarkar has been appointed Additional Public Prosecutor. Chinmoy Mondal, Pranoy Ghosh, and Manmohan Sharma have been appointed Panel Public Prosecutors.The panel of Government Pleaders for Gangarampur comprises Brotendra Narayan Roy, Dipankar Roy, Kalyan Dutta, and Subham Das.

The notification said the appointments had been made for conducting criminal and civil cases in the respective sub-divisional courts on the usual terms and conditions and “in the interest of public service”.The order was issued by the Legal Remembrancer and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Judicial Department. Copies of the notification have been forwarded to the District Judge, Dakshin Dinajpur; Director of Prosecution; District Magistrate, Dakshin Dinajpur; and other concerned authorities for information and necessary action.