Hearing a petition challenging 14 decisions of the Election Commission of India, the Supreme Court said the modified Form 6 had not been approved by it, and that it would like to see who modified it once the record is produced. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the modified Form 6 used […]
Hearing petitions seeking the suspension and prosecution of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, the Supreme Court said it could not pass an interim order on the strength of a newspaper report, while asking the respondents to respond directly to the Court. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass an interim order on petitions seeking […]
The Supreme Court issued notice on petitions seeking the suspension and prosecution of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and an SIT probe into SIR voter deletions, but declined to pass an interim order at the first hearing. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on petitions seeking the suspension and prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner […]
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman has said the Election Commission cannot function as it has during the Special Intensive Revision, called government control over the appointment of Election Commissioners a red flag, and urged the Supreme Court to decide the challenge to the 2023 CEC Act at the earliest.
The Supreme Court will hear on October 5 petitions challenging 14 SIR-related decisions allegedly taken by CEC Gyanesh Kumar without the concurrence of the other two Election Commissioners, and seeking his prosecution and an SIT inquiry into electoral roll deletions during the Special Intensive Revision.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge told the Congress Working Committee that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar should be removed immediately and called him a puppet of the Union government, while listing five demands on electoral roll transparency. The Election Commission has said that all decisions on the Special Intensive Revision were unanimous.
