CJI asks petitioners to fix defects after SC flags 14 in INDIA bloc plea against CEC
The Supreme Court of India has directed the INDIA opposition bloc to rectify 14 technical defects in their petition against the Chief Election Commissioner. The petition alleges irregularities in voter roll revisions and seeks greater oversight of the Election Commission's decision-making processes.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing tensions between India's opposition parties and the national electoral body regarding the integrity of the democratic process.
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Tuesday asked petitioners in cases related to protests against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi to ensure that defects in their pleas are rectified.He assured them that the petitions would be listed for hearing.The direction came a day after the Supreme Court registry flagged 14 defects in a petition filed by the INDIA bloc against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities during the SIR exercise.According to news agency PTI, the registry asked the lawyer who filed the petition to submit a clear copy of the identity card of Congress chief and leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, one of the co-petitioners.It also flagged illegible or missing pages and pointed out a shortfall of Rs 220 in the court fee.Reacting to the registry's observations, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said…
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