{
  "id": 12854105,
  "title": "42 former judges defend ECI, slam ‘calculated campaign’ driven by ‘vested political interests’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/42-former-judges-defend-eci-slam-calculated-campaign-driven-by-vested",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T10:55:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/42-former-judges-defend-eci-slam-calculated-campaign-driven-by-vested-political-interests/article71559277.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a letter, the judges said that a “party that governed this nation for over five decades now claims that the very system which elected it is rigged” and slammed outfits “with a long record of selective litigation”",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}