'Unanimity Doesn't Mean Rules Were Followed': Congress Leader Rejects ECI Affidavit Amid CEC Row
The affidavit says 14 notes over 10 months were part of consultation, while petitioners question whether officers acted without informing commissioners.
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court deferred the hearing regarding the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision exercise for 10 days, after the Commission filed an affidavit Monday defending its "unanimous" decisions on electoral roll changes.
- Petitioners, including Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, challenged the Commission's functioning, specifically alleging "tampering" of Form 6, which the Commission denied by arguing the additional declaration was a separate document.
- Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi recorded notes revealing they were excluded from key decisions, noting the IT division developed "many new modules and portals" without bringing them to the Commission.
- The Commission acknowledged that the online declaration "could be construed as though an amendment of Form 6 had been made," and has since separated the statutory form from the SIR declaration on October 21.
- Chief Justice Surya Kant deferred the case until mid-November, stating, "We will examine everything," as the court issued notice on a petition by All India Trinamool Congress leader Dola Sen against the Commission's functioning.
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Congress calls EC's Supreme Court affidavit on voter roll revision deceptive
Congress attacked the Election Commission's Supreme Court affidavit defending the electoral roll revision. The dispute raises questions over voter registration changes, internal approvals and ECINET's authority.
SC says ‘will examine’ petitioners’ ‘innocuous’ plea to direct ECI to preserve or file in court ‘complete’ SIR records
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi is among the petitioners seeking to preserve SIR records, as the EC’s affidavit maintains that its decisions were in line with the law and that the CEC cannot be removed except through procedure applicable to a Supreme Court judge
<p style="text-align: justify;">Congress MP Imran Masood has raised questions about the Election Commission's decision on SIR and the counter-affidavit filed in the Supreme Court in response to the opposition's petition against the work of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. He said that even if the three Election Commissioners had taken a joint decision, the question still remains about Form 6. This is a matter of rules. Even if the three acted arbitrarily, it …
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