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Supreme Court flags machine-generated Delhi SIR notices
The Hindu··4d ago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said Election Commission notices to over 33 lakh Delhi voters in the special intensive revision appear machine-generated. Justice Joymalya Bagchi told the Commission the notices look mechanically issued and need refinement. Lawyers said 91 percent of voters who appealed logical discrepancies were re-included. Notice disposal is due by October 29.
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What It Means For You
- Voters who received logical discrepancy or no-mapping notices must still respond before the October 29 disposal deadline.
- The Chief Justice suggested WhatsApp or email verification to reduce physical visits.
- Lawyers told the court 91 percent of those who appealed logical discrepancies were put back on the roll.
What's Happening
- A three-judge Bench said notices to over 33 lakh Delhi electors look machine-generated.
- The petition says 33,12,919 of 97,53,577 draft-roll electors face notices for no mapping or logical discrepancies.
- The court sought a status report from the Election Commission and listed the case after two weeks.
How Delhi SIR Notices Are Framed
- Notices cite either no mapping with previous records or undefined logical discrepancies.
- Political figures named among notice recipients include S. Jaishankar, Arvind Kejriwal and Rekha Gupta.
- The Commission counsel said no voter would be deleted and reasons were assigned in the notices.
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