Plea filed in SC against SIR decisions taken 'without' agreement of 2 election commissioners

The plea under Article 32 of the Constitution, challenging decisions, guidelines and software modifications allegedly undertaken by Gyanesh Kumar.

Updated on: Sep 25, 2026, 13:32:39 IST

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A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking criminal prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged violations of statutory duties in connection with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, reported Live Law.

The report said advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi filed the plea under Article 32 of the Constitution, challenging decisions, guidelines and software modifications allegedly undertaken by Kumar without the concurrence of the other two Election Commissioners, and seeking to have them declared unconstitutional and void.

The petition comes days after The reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded objections on at least 14 occasions over decisions and orders related to the SIR, including changes to Form 6 and the management of electoral-roll data. According to the report, the objections concerned decisions allegedly taken without their knowledge or against their recommendations.

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