SIR row: Supreme Court refuses to pass interim order on suspending CEC Gyanesh Kumar, issues notices to EC, Centre
Plea in SC to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar: A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant issued notice to the Election Commission of India, seeking their response on the allegations made in the plea.
On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to grant an interim order to suspend Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Instead, it issued notices to the Election Commission and the Centre, requesting responses within a week regarding a plea that challenges the manner in which the poll panel, under Kumar's leadership, allegedly made decisions without the approval of two other Election Commissioners.
An investigation by Indian Express alleged that Kumar took unilateral decisions in the Election Commission of India without consensus from the other commissioners. The Supreme Court's Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, stated that the court should first seek responses from the Election Commission and other respondents on the allegations of unilateral decision-making by the CEC.
The bench emphasized that any modified Form 6, which has not been approved by the court, must be scrutinized to determine who made the modifications. If certain decisions were made without the required unanimity, the court could reconsider or recall those decisions. The Supreme Court expects clear and transparent responses from all parties involved in the controversy surrounding the change in Form 6 and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
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