Goa SIR: 88 of 97 left-out voters re-included after Form 6; 3 of remaining 9 hold Portuguese passports
- On Monday, the Bombay High Court deferred a writ petition hearing on Maharashtra's Special Intensive Revision , refusing to pass an interim order staying voter deletions during the electoral roll enumeration process.
- Sagar Ramesh Gawai, youth president of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi , filed the petition alleging procedural violations and arbitrary voter exclusions during the SIR door-to-door enumeration phase in Maharashtra.
- Advocate Prakash Ambedkar argued "Maharashtra's electoral roll should not be disturbed," warning that "nearly 2 crore voters would be deleted from the list" without judicial intervention.
- Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna deferred the matter by three weeks, noting the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear related SIR proceedings on October 8.
- Senior advocate Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, representing the Election Commission of India, argued against parallel proceedings, emphasizing the Supreme Court's request that high courts refrain from deciding SIR issues pending apex court review.
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‘Citizens Excluded, Then What Is SIR For?’ Bombay HC Raps EC Over Goa Voter Deletions
<p>The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the Election Commission over how Paresh Salgaonkar and his family of five were deleted from Goa’s electoral rolls despite being Indian citizens and submitting Form 8 for a change of address.</p> <p>The two-judge bench of Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit Jamsandekar asked the EC how citizens could be excluded through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.</p> <p>“...the Election Commission ha…
No one's accountable: SIR issue is responsibility, not deletion
The Bombay High Court asked the Election Commission to cite the provision of law that empowers it to remove a voter’s name from the electoral roll without giving them a hearing. The court reminded the Commission that its fundamental mandate is to enable people to cast their votes. There’s a deeper issue behind this question. … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp &…
Maharashtra SIR in Bombay HC: Hearing deferred by 3 weeks over Supreme Court proceedings
The High Court said it could not hold a parallel hearing to decide whether to pass an interim order to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding the Maharashtra voters list and the SIR process
HC declines to pass urgent interim order staying voter deletion under SIR in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Oct 5 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to pass any urgent interim order staying voter deletion in Maharashtra under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls undertaken by the Election Commission of India (ECI). A bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna noted that matters pertaining […]
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