INDIA bloc asks Supreme Court to audit voter-roll deletions
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Rahul Gandhi and 10 other leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc moved the Supreme Court on Monday to challenge the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
The petition seeks an independent audit of voter deletions, disclosure of the commission’s internal records and an interim suspension of the exercise, according to Scroll.in, citing Live Law. It also asks the court to examine whether decisions were made lawfully and collectively and to order the release of files, meeting minutes, commissioners’ objections and online portal access logs.
The filing followed the rejection of the leaders’ request to meet Chief Justice Surya Kant and submit a memorandum about the voter-roll revision and the Election Commission’s functioning. Kant said similar matters were already pending and that the leaders could use the judicial process.
Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and other opposition figures, including Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav, marched toward the Supreme Court. The petition was ultimately submitted through lawyers as the court registry neared closing time.
The challenge also targets a July change to the voter-registration Form 6 that asks whether applicants or their relatives appeared on rolls prepared after the previous special intensive revision in 2002. Critics cited by Scroll.in say the requirement could make registration more difficult for first-time voters whose families do not appear on older rolls.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story is broadly supported, but a few phrases overstate or broaden what the source says and can be corrected by tighter wording. - "an interim suspension of the revision exercise": The source says the petition sought an interim suspension of the exercise, not specifically the revision exercise; this wording could imply suspension of the entire voter-roll revision rather than the challenged SIR exercise, but it is supported by context. - "online portal access logs related to the process": The source says the petition sought access logs for online portals and separately all details relating to the June 24, 2025 decision; 'related to the process' is an unsupported broadening. - "Kant said similar cases were already pending": The source says similar matters, not similar cases; 'cases' could imply formal cases rather than matters pending before the court.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
INDIA bloc asks Supreme Court to audit voter-roll deletions
Rahul Gandhi and 10 other leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc moved the Supreme Court on Monday to challenge the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
The petition seeks an independent audit of voter deletions, disclosure of the commission’s internal records and an interim suspension of the revision exercise, according to Scroll.in, citing Live Law. It also asks the court to examine whether decisions were made lawfully and collectively and to order the release of files, meeting minutes, commissioners’ objections and online portal access logs related to the process.logs.
The filing followed the rejection of the leaders’ request to meet Chief Justice Surya Kant and submit a memorandum about the voter-roll revision and the Election Commission’s functioning. Kant said similar casesmatters were already pending and that the leaders could use the judicial process.
Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and other opposition figures, including Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav, marched toward the Supreme Court. The petition was ultimately submitted through lawyers as the court registry neared closing time.
The challenge also targets a July change to the voter-registration Form 6 that asks whether applicants or their relatives appeared on rolls prepared after the previous special intensive revision in 2002. Critics cited by Scroll.in say the requirement could make registration more difficult for first-time voters whose families do not appear on older rolls.
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