AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has moved the Supreme Court against the manner in which the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is being conducted. The petition was mentioned for listing alongside similar matters.
Karnataka High Court Stays Cases Against BJP Booth Agents: the electoral authority has not yet decided the Form 7 applications that led to the FIRs. The allegations are untested, and the Court has expressed no view on the merits. Bengaluru: Proceedings against two booth-level agents (BLAs) of the BJP, booked over Form 7 applications filed […]
Five SIR-deleted voters have asked the Supreme Court to expedite their pending appeals before the Appellate Tribunals so they can vote in the Kolkata and Howrah municipal elections in November, and to order an SIT into the SIR decision-making. The claims are the applicants’ own; no hearing or order has been reported.
The Bombay High Court has declined an oral prayer for an interim stay on deletions of voters’ names in a public interest petition highlighting flaws in the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Maharashtra, saying it will follow judicial propriety and let the Supreme Court hear the matter first. Mumbai: The Bombay High […]
Noting that a Form 7 application does not by itself lead to deletion of a voter, a Belagavi Sessions Court has granted anticipatory bail to BJP leader Dr Ravi Basalingappagowda Patil, booked over an alleged attempt to remove 198 voters from the rolls during the SIR. Belagavi: A Sessions Court in Belagavi has granted pre-arrest […]
The Telangana High Court has asked the Election Commission of India why a petitioner was excluded from the electoral roll without notice and what decision followed the response of another, in a challenge to the AI-assisted Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) […]
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.