{
  "id": 16377662,
  "title": "Mumbai: Dharavi Man Booked For Filing 24 Electoral Roll Objections In One Day, Exceeding EC Limit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/mumbai-dharavi-man-booked-for-filing-24-electoral-roll-objections-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T21:25:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-dharavi-man-booked-for-filing-24-electoral-roll-objections-in-one-day-exceeding-ec-limit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai resident Giridhari Swaminath Jaiswal has been arrested for exceeding the Election Commission's daily limit of 10 objections to the draft electoral roll. The Dharavi man filed 24 objections on a single day, breaching the prescribed limit. The case has been registered under Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, alleging the submission of false or incorrect Form 7 applications. The draft electoral rolls were made available on August 31, and the claims and objections window closed on October 26, 2026.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 24, 2026: A man has been booked at Dharavi police station for allegedly violating Election Commission guidelines by filing 24 objections to the draft electoral roll in a single day, exceeding the prescribed daily limit of 10 applications. According to a BMC press release, a case has been registered against Giridhari Swaminath Jaiswal, a Dharavi resident, under Section 31 of the…",
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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."
}