Election rules row: SC allows 3 weeks to EC to respond to plea of Jairam Ramesh, others
The Hindu
Supreme Court grants Election Commission three more weeks to respond to pleas against 1961 election rule amendments.
The Supreme Court on Thursday (April 17, 2025) granted three more weeks to the Election Commission to respond to the pleas of Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh and others against the recent amendments to the 1961 election rules.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar had issued a notice to the Centre and the poll panel on January 15 on Mr. Ramesh's plea and sought a response.
Senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for the poll panel, sought three more weeks to file the reply.
The Bench allowed Mr. Singh's prayer and set the July 21 week for hearing.
Aside from Mr. Ramesh, two similar PILs filed by Shyam Lal Pal and activist Anjali Bhardwaj are pending.
Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Singhvi represented Mr. Ramesh.
The petitioners have said the amendments to the 1961 Conduct of Election Rules were made "very cleverly" and barred any access to CCTV footage claiming it would reveal the identity of the voter.
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