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Delhi High Court Rejects Stay on Journalists’ SC/ST Probe

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 4:18 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Delhi High Court refused to stay SC/ST Act investigation into journalists Rosy and Gajendra Singh.
The FIR stemmed from an October 3 Jantar Mantar protest where Rosy alleged inappropriate contact by ACP Vivek Bhagat.
The court ordered voters removed in the supplementary electoral roll may re-enter using Form 6.
Poll officials are reverifying over 47 lakh voters whose names were deleted from the draft rolls.

History

Historical Context

Judicial checks on electoral roll clean-ups re-emerged in 2025 when the Delhi High Court ordered the Election Commission to publish a searchable list of 65 lakh deleted electors, and in 2026 the Supreme Court upheld the Commission’s Special Intensive Revision that removed about 130 million names, underscoring ongoing tensions over voter inclusion.

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Story summary

Delhi High Court refused to stay SC/ST Act investigation into journalists Rosy and Gajendra Singh.
The FIR stemmed from an October 3 Jantar Mantar protest where Rosy alleged inappropriate contact by ACP Vivek Bhagat.
The court ordered voters removed in the supplementary electoral roll may re-enter using Form 6.
Poll officials are reverifying over 47 lakh voters whose names were deleted from the draft rolls.

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