India’s Supreme Court seeks Election Commission response on voter-roll revision
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India’s Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Election Commission and its three commissioners to a petition by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc lawmakers challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The petition alleges irregularities in the revision and seeks an independent audit of voter deletions, disclosure of internal Election Commission records and an interim suspension of the exercise. The Hindu reported that the opposition also requested files, meeting records and objections logged by election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. The court said it would hear the case alongside other pending challenges concerning the revision.
In a separate proceeding, the court issued notices to the Congress, Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders over their October 12 march toward the Supreme Court. Four lawyers who filed that petition asked for rules governing protests and processions near the court, arguing that the march amounted to pressure on the judiciary. Chief Justice Surya Kant said the judiciary could not be browbeaten.
The march was part of demonstrations demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Gandhi on Wednesday accused police of mistreating students involved in recent protests and urged participants to preserve videos and photographs as evidence.
The BJP rejected Gandhi’s characterization of the demonstrations as “political resistance.” Party spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari accused him of encouraging disorder under the guise of democratic protest.
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India’s Supreme Court seeks Election Commission response on voter-roll revision
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Election Commission and its three commissioners to a petition by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc lawmakers challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The petition alleges irregularities in the revision and seeks an independent audit of voter deletions, disclosure of internal Election Commission records and an interim suspension of the exercise. The Hindu reported that the opposition also requested files, meeting records and objections logged by election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. The court said it would hear the case alongside other pending challenges concerning the revision.
In a separate proceeding, the court issued notices to the Congress, Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders over their October 12 march toward the Supreme Court. Four lawyers who filed that petition asked for rules governing protests and processions near the court, arguing that the march amounted to pressure on the judiciary. Chief Justice Surya Kant said the judiciary could not be browbeaten.
The march was part of demonstrations demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Gandhi on Wednesday accused police of mistreating students involved in recent protests and urged participants to preserve videos and photographs as evidence. Police-abuse allegations have not been independently adjudicated.
The BJP rejected Gandhi’s characterization of the demonstrations as “political resistance.” Party spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari accused him of encouraging disorder under the guise of democratic protest.
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