Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Prosecution Of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, SIT Inquiry Into SIR Voter Deletions

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking criminal prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged violations of statutory duties in connection with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi under Article 32 of the Constitution, the petition also seeks a declaration that decisions, guidelines and software modifications allegedly undertaken by Gyanesh Kumar without the concurrence of the other two Election Commissioners are unconstitutional and void. The petition has been filed days after The Indian Express reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded objections on at least 14 occasions over decisions and orders concerning SIR, including changes to Form 6 and the management of electoral-roll data. The report said the objections related to decisions allegedly taken without their knowledge or against their recommendations.