Supreme Court agrees to list next week plea to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar from office
Appearing before CJI Surya Kant, senior advocates, representing petitioner Rakesh Kumar Singh, made an oral mentioning for early hearing of the plea which urged the court to direct that Gyanesh Kumar should not exercise the functions of Chief Election Commissioner, pending final hearing of this petition
We haven't written up this one. The Hindu has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
Also reported by 4 other outlets
- Supreme Court Ruling: Ex-IGP insists he remains SDP candidate in Nasarawa premiumtimesng.com
- Supreme Court to hear plea raising doubts over CEC Gyanesh Kumar's decisions next week hindustantimes.com
- Top Court To Hear Plea Against Decisions By Poll Body Chief Gyanesh Kumar Next Week ndtv.com
- Madras High Court directs trial court to hear non-religious couple’s plea to void marriage indianexpress.com