Ruling party has already drawn up list of 30 assembly seats where there is an 'irrational' increase in the number of voters—over 40 percent—between 2009 and 2026.
Bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Bagchi also said individuals whose appeals are pending before Appellate Tribunals till 21 April or 27 April, will not be entitled to voting rights.
In first interview since final roll was published, UP Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa tells ThePrint his office is prepared to respond to any factual allegation about process.
Supreme Court indicates it might allow those who got favourable tribunal orders before 9 April to vote. CJI-led bench was hearing writ petition filed by a group from West Bengal.
There were 15.44 cr voters when electoral rolls were frozen in October 2025. EC has released final numbers now, pegging the number of voters in India’s most populous state at 13.40 crore.
Delegation met with CEC Gyanesh Kumar to raise concerns over the deletion of around 27 lakh ‘under adjudication’ voters from the electoral rolls in West Bengal.
We cannot absolve the Election Commission of all the blame, but we must emphasise that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must shoulder the lion’s share of the responsibility for these exclusions.
Murshidabad tops the list with 4.55 lakh deletions. Similarly, there have been large deletions in North-24 Parganas and Nadia, where Matuas are in large numbers.
Earlier in the day, ex-CEC SY Quraishi suggested the SC allow all to vote since verification wasn't complete. Ex-election commissioner Ashok Lavasa said this was not how things happened in the last 75 yrs.
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