'How does your system override law?': HC asks ECI over 7 voter deletions in Goa
- On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court at Goa ruled that draft electoral rolls cannot serve as the basis for deleting voters, asserting that administrative software systems cannot supersede statutory laws.
- Paresh Salgaoncar and his family attempted to update their address within the Santa Cruz Assembly constituency using Form 8, but the ERONET software rejected their applications because their Electors Photo Identity Cards were not found.
- The Court told the Election Commission of India that the "software system did not allow" processing of Form 8, questioning the legal authority for deleting names without a hearing.
- Observing that "lakhs will go off the rolls," the Division Bench demanded the Commission explain its process, requiring officials to "apply its mind and see whether this person has really moved."
- The Election Commission recently extended its Special Intensive Revision schedule for two states, though the Bombay High Court's intervention highlights ongoing concerns regarding system reliability for existing voters.
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1.36 Lakh Voters Deleted, But 'Records Not Maintained': Indore RTI Trail
The deletions predate the present SIR. But the correspondence brings the broader debate over electoral transparency down to a concrete issue: the availability of records documenting changes to the voter list.
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court has expressed strong displeasure with the Election Commission (ECI) for deleting names from the voter list and rejecting Form-8 during the SIR process. The court said on Thursday that it is the primary responsibility of the Election Commission to ensure that citizens can exercise their franchise and when the Commission questions the conduct of voters, citizens also have the r…
Software cannot override law in voter deletion: HC
The Bombay High Court's Goa bench has ruled that draft electoral rolls cannot be the sole basis for deleting names from voter lists, asserting that administrative software cannot supersede statutory laws. The court questioned the Election Commission of India's authority to delete voters without a hearing, highlighting concerns over the ERONET system's limitations and its potential to disenfranchise citizens.
‘Very perturbed’, draft electoral roll cannot be basis for deleting names without hearing: Bombay HC at Goa
The Goa Bench of the HC also questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the provisions empowering it to delete names without a hearing, saying it was “very perturbed by this”
‘What is the glitch?’: HC asks Election Commission after six names removed from Goa electoral rolls
The petitioners submitted that the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer informed them that their EPICs had been deleted from the rolls and consequently, their Form 8 applications could not be processed.
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