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  "id": 12072347,
  "title": "Live Hearing: Supreme Court to hear pleas against CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s functioning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/live-hearing-supreme-court-to-hear-pleas-against-cec-gyanesh-kumars",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T04:31:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/live-hearing-supreme-court-cec-gyanesh-kumars-functioning-10906997/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Monday, the Supreme Court will consider petitions challenging the actions of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The court will hear arguments in favor of an inquiry into his conduct and the legality of the nationwide electoral roll system. The petitions were filed after reports revealed that CEC Kumar and two other election commissioners had raised objections to the roll on multiple occasions. One petition argues that the Chief Election Commissioner's powers do not lie solely with an individual, but with a collective commission, and that the electoral roll system was implemented without proper authority. Another petition urges the court to commission an independent inquiry to assess the integrity of the electoral roll process.",
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        "published": "2026-10-04T17:53:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-05T00:00:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-05T04:15:13.000Z"
      }
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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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