Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Deletion Of Duplicate Voter Names In Electoral Rolls
Live LawThe Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking the deletion of duplicate voter names appearing on electoral rolls. The petitioner sought the direction to the Union of India and the Election Commission of India to delete the multiplicity of names appearing in the registered voter list. The main reliefs sought by the petitioner includes: Issue a writ of Certiorari or any other writ, order or direction thereby calling for the entire record of the duplicate/multiple entries of voters' name in the voter lists maintained by the respondents, for perusal; Issue a writ of Mandamus or any other writ, order or direction thereby directing the respondents to carry out the exercise of deleting the duplication/multiplication entries of voters' names from the voter lists, as mandated by Section 22 of the Representation of People Act, 1950 and letter dated 11.08.2023 issued by the Election Commission of India, immediately and in any case, within a period of thirty days. Issue a writ of Mandamus or any other writ, order or direction thereby constituting a Special Investigating Team headed by a Retired Judge of this Hon'ble Court to probe into the cases of bulk duplication/multiplication entries of voters' names in the voter lists inserted in an organized and calculated manner and to supervise the exercise of correcting the voter lists by deleting the names of voters entered into the voter-lists, in terms of letter dated 11.08.2023 issued by the Election Commission of India and thereafter, to submit a report to this Hon'ble Court for further action/direction.
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