{
  "id": 12068845,
  "title": "Protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar LIVE: Supreme Court to hear plea to suspend CEC from office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/protest-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-live-supreme-court-to-hear-plea-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T04:15:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cec-gyanesh-kumar-protest-live-updates-supreme-court-hearing-suspension-cjp-congress-delhi-mumbai-india/article71545740.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A batch of pleas will be heard by a bench of the Supreme Court on Monday (October 5, 2026) to challenge Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's decisions, which allegedly lacked approval from his two colleagues. The petitions, filed by Rakesh Kumar Singh and advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi, also question the manner in which the poll panel under Kumar made decisions. Meanwhile, protests demanding Kumar's removal and the suspension of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls continued in New Delhi and Mumbai on Sunday (October 4, 2026). Confrontations erupted in New Delhi between protesters and the Delhi Police, leading to the detention of nearly 500 individuals outside Jantar Mantar. The Delhi Congress announced protests outside the office of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer on October 7, seeking Kumar's removal due to alleged issues with the SIR. Protests in Mumbai entered their third day on Sunday, with 500 protesters detained by police, as the Thackeray family led the charge for Kumar's removal and the scrapping of the SIR, with some demonstrators favoring ballot papers over Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).",
  "summary": "On Sunday, October 4, confrontations took place in New Delhi between protesters who were trying to reach Jantar Mantar seeking removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, and the Delhi Police, who had heavily barricaded the area",
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        "published": "2026-10-04T17:53:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Supreme Court to hear today two pleas against CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s functioning, SIR",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/supreme-court-to-hear-today-two-pleas-against-cec-gyanesh-kumars",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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