Trouble Mounts For CEC Gyanesh Kumar: Supreme Court To Hear All Petitions Together On Oct 27

NEW DELHI: In a major development, the Supreme Court has accepted all petitions filed against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and decided to hear them together on October 27.

 The petitions relate to alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, errors in electoral rolls, voter list deletions, and changes to Form 6 (form for inclusion of names in voter list).

What Supreme Court Said:

All petitions against CEC Gyanesh Kumar clubbed together for hearing on Oct 27

 Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi & V. Mohana to hear batch

 Court has issued notice to Centre & ECI, sought original records said "If records show some decision was not unanimous, we will injunct those decisions"

SC has NOT suspended CEC yet, but will examine whether decisions taken without concurrence of full Commission are void

SC clarified: Court never approved modified Form 6 will examine who authorised changes

Fresh Petition By INDIA Bloc Oct 12:

 While INDIA bloc leaders marched under banner "Chalo Delhi  March for Democracy" from Connaught Place to Supreme Court, their legal team led by Advocate S. Prasanna filed petition at 4:37 PM on Oct 12.

 Petitioners: Rahul Gandhi (lead), Mallikarjun Kharge, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Sanjay Raut, Saugata Roy, M A Baby, D Raja, Mahua Majhi, Supriya Sule, ET Mohammed Basheer.

 Respondents: ECI, CEC Gyanesh Kumar, ECs Sukhbir Singh Sandhu & Vivek Joshi.

 Petition seeks:

 Prosecution of Gyanesh Kumar SIT probe headed by retired SC judge into 13 crore voter deletions across 30 states

Reversal of 14 SIR-related decisions allegedly taken unilaterally

Quashing of ancestry/last-SIR declaration in Form 6

Background:

Rahul Gandhi has demanded resignation, saying _"Resign, turn approver... We know Gyanesh Kumar is unable to sleep at night; you will not survive as CEC." Protesters stopped 300m from SC by Delhi Police under Sec 163 BNSS. Thousands gathered at Barakhamba Road. Security tightened in Delhi.

 Hearing likely to start Tuesday Oct 13 for fresh petition, and main clubbed hearing on Oct 27