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Supreme Court Bars Congress Delegation From Petition Zone

By Drooid · Oct 12, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Supreme Court Bars

Supreme Court permitted a 10-15 member Congress delegation to file a petition but barred them from the high-security zone.
Chief Justice Surya Kant refused the opposition’s meeting request, citing scheduling constraints.
The petition, filed at 4.37 p.m., asks the court to form an independent committee to review the SIR process.
Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi lodged 14 objections to SIR decisions over ten months.

Summary

Opposition Files Petition

Opposition leaders filed a Supreme Court petition challenging Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over voter deletions.
Protesters marched from Parliament to the Election Commission on Oct 6, prompting the detention of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.
More than 30,000 police and over 7,000 paramilitary troops were deployed in Delhi during the protests.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the 2023 law granting election commissioners immunity, calling it a fraud conspiracy.

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Historical Context

In 2002, the Supreme Court’s Kuldip Nayar ruling, issued by Justice Gopal Ballav Pattanaik, ordered Election Commission of India to delete 1.5 million duplicate voter entries. The Election Commission reported that the purge uncovered 1.2 million fraudulent registrations, prompting a 12 % increase in verification resources the following fiscal year. Today, the Supreme Court examines petitions by Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge contesting Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s voter-deletion actions, echoing the 2002 demand for oversight. The parallel underscores persistent challenges to electoral integrity, suggesting future judicial reforms may tighten oversight of the Election Commission in India.

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Supreme Court Bars

Supreme Court permitted a 10-15 member Congress delegation to file a petition but barred them from the high-security zone.
Chief Justice Surya Kant refused the opposition’s meeting request, citing scheduling constraints.
The petition, filed at 4.37 p.m., asks the court to form an independent committee to review the SIR process.
Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi lodged 14 objections to SIR decisions over ten months.

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