Kolkata Jan 11 (TIWN) In a revised order by the Calcutta High Court on Gangasagar Mela, the division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Kesong Doma Bhutia dropped leader of the opposition Suvednu Adhikari from a three-member committee formed by the court on January 7 to monitor compliance of Covid restrictions at Gangasagar Mela in Sagar Island.

The proposed committee comprising the Leader of the Opposition in the State or his representative, the chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission or his representative and a representative of the State, can also recommend a ban on entry to Sagar Island if there is any violation of health safety norms, the court said.  While hearing a plea seeking cancellation of the annual fair amid the third wave of the pandemic, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Kesang Doma Bhutia also directed the state government to “implement with full force” the state government’s January 2, 2022 order at Gangasagar Mela in which it had limited the number of people at any social, religious and cultural gatherings to 50.