{
  "id": 16376535,
  "title": "No EC nod needed for voter to sue candidate over false information: Supreme Court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/no-ec-nod-needed-for-voter-to-sue-candidate-over-false-information",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-24T20:03:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-ec-nod-needed-for-voter-to-sue-candidate-over-false-information-supreme-court/articleshow/135177591.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu quashed the Karnataka HC order which had held that “right given to the voter is only to file an election petition, and not to register a private complaint of crime which is the duty of the Election Commission, if it wants to do so”.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}