Voting Rights

Nearly 80 lakh Delhi voters were excluded or flagged in this year's electoral roll revision, many under an undefined 'logical discrepancy' label. The Supreme Court is now asking the Election Commission to explain why.

The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that its Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls is a constitutional duty rooted in citizenship. As petitions compare the exercise to the NRC, the ECI says the two are not the same. Here is what the court heard and why it matters for India’s electoral system.

The SC is re-examining the blanket ban on voting rights for undertrial prisoners under Section 62(5) of the RP Act. The PIL argues the ban violates the presumption of innocence and Article 14 by treating undertrials the same as convicted prisoners.