Former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam Resigns from Election Tribunal

Resignation Announcement

Kolkata: On Friday, TS Sivagnanam, the former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, announced his resignation from the tribunal responsible for reviewing appeals related to the exclusion of names from the electoral rolls following the SIR exercise.

Justice Sivagnanam was among 19 former judges appointed by the Election Commission under the Supreme Court's directive to address appeals stemming from decisions made by judicial officers concerning the removal of names from the electoral rolls.

"I submitted my resignation letter to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court yesterday," stated Justice (retd) Sivagnanam.

One of his notable rulings involved the reinstatement of Motab Shaikh, a Congress candidate whose name had been removed during the SIR process; Shaikh later won the election from Farakka.

Having enrolled in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in September 1986, he became an additional judge at the Madras High Court in March 2009 and was confirmed as a permanent judge in March 2011.

Justice (Retd) Sivagnanam was transferred to the Calcutta High Court in October 2021 and served as its chief justice from May 2023 until his retirement on September 15, 2025.