A petition has been submitted to the Supreme Court calling for the criminal prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The petition alleges that he has violated statutory duties related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. This development was reported by Live Law.
Legal Challenge to Election Commission Decisions
Advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi has filed a plea under Article 32 of the Constitution, contesting certain decisions and software modifications made by Election Commissioner Kumar. The plea argues that these actions were taken without the agreement of the other two Election Commissioners and seeks to have them declared unconstitutional and void.
The petition comes 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 related to the SIR, including changes to Form 6 and the management of electoral-roll data.
The objections concerned decisions allegedly taken without their knowledge or against their recommendations, according to the report.
