A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant directed the Election Commission to examine irregularities surrounding bulk Form 7 filings, which are used under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, to seek voter roll deletions. The petitioners cited an instance where 32 applications were submitted in a single assembly constituency, with two bearing the signatures of booth-level officers. Although the commission acknowledged receiving bulk filings, it maintained that election officials had verified them, deemed them false, and refused to process the deletions.
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The Election Commission must verify factual aspects of the bulk Form 7 filings and take c…: The Election Commission must verify factual aspects of the bulk Form 7 filings and take corrective measures where infractions are established.
Counsel for the petitioners pointed to previous instances in Telangana and Karnataka wher…: Counsel for the petitioners pointed to previous instances in Telangana and Karnataka where similar grievances resulted in orders to register FIRs.
Form 7 applications legally require review by an electoral registration officer and a man…: Form 7 applications legally require review by an electoral registration officer and a mandatory hearing for any affected voter before deletion.
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The direction came after the court was informed about alleged irregularities in the filing of Form 7 applications, including instances in which a large number of objections were submitted against voters belonging to a particular community.
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The petitioners' counsel told the court that in one assembly constituency, 32 Form 7 applications had been submitted against members of a community. He alleged that two of the applications on record bore the signatures of booth-level officers and that there were material inconsistencies in the Election Commission's affidavit.
The counsel said similar complaints in Telangana and Karnataka had led to directions for registration of FIRs, whereas no comparable action had been taken in UP. Describing the alleged irregularities as an orchestrated effort, he sought the court's intervention.
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Senior advocate DS Naidu, appearing for the Election Commission, acknowledged that bulk Form 7 applications had been submitted, but maintained that the commission had not acted upon them. He told the…
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