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Consider plea over duplicate entries in voter list: Delhi HC to EC

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to consider at an appropriate stage a plea raising concerns over alleged duplication of names in the capital's voter list and adopt such technological tools that would assist it in eliminating such duplication. Consider plea over duplicate entries in voter list: Delhi HC to EC As the petitioner's counsel remarked that the Delhi assembly elections would be over by the time the Commission would consider his plea, a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru said, "before every election these matters come." Needless to state that if the Commission finds technological tools that would assist the Commission in eliminating duplicate names, the same would be adopted," the court ordered. Petitioner Rashtravadi Aadarsh Mahasangh a political party alleged in its PIL that the voter list in Delhi has several duplicate entries and necessary steps had not been taken for removal of such names.

Hindustan Times

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