SC Asks ECI To Check Whether Voting Time Can Be Preponed To 5am During Ramzan [Read Petition]
The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission of India to pass necessary orders in a representation which sought voting time to be preponed from 7 am to 5 am in the rest of the phases of General Elections scheduled during Ramzan month. The bench passed this order in a Public Interest Litigation filed by two lawyers seeking extension of polling hours during the 5th, 6th and 7th phases. The bench passed this order in a Public Interest Litigation filed by two lawyers seeking extension of polling hours during the 5th, 6th and 7th phases of the General Elections 2019 in the Ramzan month. The petitioners sought a direction to Election Commission of India to extend polling hours during elections to take place on May 6, 2019, May 12, 2019 and May 19, 2019, respectively, by 2 - 2.5 hours so as to commence at 4:30 instead of the notified time of 7:00 AM.
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