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Bengal SIR tribunal judges flag EC portal limits
The Indian Express··6d ago
More than a dozen Bengal special tribunal judges recorded ECINET portal limits, The Indian Express reported. The Election Commission system blocked party notices, extra voter documents, virtual hearings and order downloads. Minutes from an August 11 meeting went to the commission and the Calcutta High Court chief justice. The commission later pledged an independent expert review of ECINET.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Deleted voters appealing through tribunals cannot upload extra documents the portal rejects.
- Judges said they still lack a mechanism to serve notices through ECINET.
- Tribunal orders remain unavailable for appellants to download, the minutes said.
What's Happening
- Nineteen tribunals handle appeals from voters deleted after the special intensive revision.
- Two Election Commissioners had logged 14 objections to roll decisions over 10 months.
- The Indian Express emailed the commission on October 1 and received no response.
ECINET and deleted voters
- Judges met on August 11 to document portal hurdles.
- Concerns mirror ground officers' restricted ECINET access the commission acknowledged.
- The commission said it would double-check ECINET's legal compliance.
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