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Bombay High Court petition cites 14 Election Commission orders
The Hindu··1d ago
Four Maharashtra residents petitioned the Bombay High Court Kolhapur bench to quash 14 Election Commission orders and stop the SIR process. They seek restoration of deleted voter names and postponed assembly elections. The petition cites an Indian Express report of objections on 14 occasions in 10 months. It cites a 4.2 percent error rate warning on software-driven deletions.
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What It Means For You
- Maharashtra voters removed during SIR could regain rolls if the court orders restoration as the petition seeks.
- Assembly candidates in SIR states may face delayed elections if the court postpones polls as requested.
- Residents in Kolhapur and Sangli districts lost online Aadhaar linking options cited in the June 2026 change.
What's Happening
- Four petitioners asked the Kolhapur bench to quash 14 Election Commission orders.
- They want the SIR process stayed and deleted names restored.
- The petition cites Sandhu and Joshi recording objections on 14 occasions in 10 months.
What the petitioners want restored
- It references a 4.2 percent error rate warning on software-driven deletions.
- It lists refusal to restore 97 Goa voters.
- It names Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar as a respondent.
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