The court also directed the Election Commission to preserve all records and devices related to the polls in Nandigram.
The matter was reassigned to the bench of Justice Sarkar by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal after Justice Kausik Chanda recused himself from hearing the Trinamool Congress chief’s petition.
As per the result declared by the Election Commission, Adhikari defeated Banerjee by a margin of 1,956 votes.