'What are you doing?' Bombay HC's Goa Bench raps EC over voter deletions
The Bombay High Court's Goa bench has questioned the Election Commission of India regarding the removal of voters from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision process. Meanwhile, the Mumbai bench declined to intervene in a similar case, citing ongoing proceedings in the Supreme Court.
Why it matters
The integrity of electoral rolls is fundamental to democratic processes, and judicial scrutiny ensures that citizens' voting rights are protected against administrative errors or bias.
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court's Goa bench on Monday "reminded" the Election Commission of India (ECI) that "it has an obligation to ensure that eligible Indian citizens are included" in the final electoral roll, questioning the purpose of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) if voters are being removed from the list."But what are you doing? If citizens are being removed from the list then what is the purpose of this entire SIR process?" a division bench of Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit Jamsandekar, was quoted as saying by Live Law.The court's remarks came while examining concerns over voter deletions during the SIR exercise.
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