UP SIR : Bulk Forms 7 Filed Were Fake, Not Acted Upon, Says ECI; Supreme Court Directs Corrective Steps
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Election Commission to address allegations of fraudulent bulk Form 7 submissions used to delete voters from electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh. The ECI maintains that the forms were investigated and found to be false, resulting in no action taken.
Why it matters
The integrity of electoral rolls is fundamental to democratic processes, and allegations of mass voter deletion require judicial oversight.
The Supreme Court today asked the Election Commission of India to take corrective steps with respect to allegations of bulk Form 7 submission during its Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh. Form 7 is filed by a person seeking the deletion of a voter included in the draft roll.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was dealing with an application filed in pleas challenging Uttar Pradesh SIR. The petitioners include Congress MP Tanuj Punia (Lok Sabha) and Samajwadi Party leader Arvind Kumar Singh. During the hearing, counsel for the applicant submitted that on August 5, the ECI was directed to file a response in 2 weeks. Senior Advocate Dama Seshadri Naidu, for the ECI, submitted that a counter-affidavit had been filed. He stated that on examination of the allegations, the Forms were found to be false and not acted upon.
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