Dozen Bengal Tribunal judges flag their EC portal: ‘Can’t serve notices, hold hearings or restore deleted voters’
More than a dozen Tribunals appointed by the Supreme Court in West Bengal to process appeals of 27 lakh deleted voters have raised significant issues with the digital portal created by the Election Commission of India. The portal, tasked with serving notices, holding hearings, restoring deleted voters, and uploading additional documents, failed to meet these requirements, as confirmed by the judges.
The judges also highlighted that the portal does not allow appellants to download Tribunal orders, raising concerns over the due process for deleted voters. Despite multiple reminders, the portal does not have a mechanism to serve notices, upload additional documents, hold virtual hearings, or provide a certified copy of the order to the appellant.
These issues could potentially undermine the Supreme Court's effort to ensure a fair appellate process for the deleted voters.
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