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Protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar intensified over the last week, with several detained, and complaints of sexual harassment against ACP Vivek Bhagat in Delhi. With the Supreme Court issuing a notice to the ECI and the Centre, here are the developments in the furore against the Election Commission.

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“The orders the Supreme Court may pass can have a bearing on the matter before the High Court,” said advocate Gaurish Agni, representing the ECI

Heavy security deployment and barricading had been put in place in and around Parliament and the Election Commission headquarters ahead of the march

In the video, it is unclear whether P. Sathyabama was referring to the 2026 Assembly election or the subsequent bypoll

The principal Opposition party is also likely to reach out to other parties outside the INDIA bloc, like the DMK and AAP, and invite them to join the planned protest march in Delhi

The Bench said the decisions of the Election Commission have to be either unanimous or by majority and that it presumed that this is how all decisions were taken

According to a release from District Election Officer and Collector Sheik Abdul Rahman, the Declaration Form attached with Form 6 will be used during the SIR phase only; for the non-SIR period, the forms applicable under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, will be used.

The ECI letter suggested that the BLOs may cover at least 20-25 electors in a week so as to complete this exercise within a period of about one month

Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka, V. Anbu Kumar, directed all Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to take action against applicants who “knowingly” make false statements or declarations while filing claims or objections in Forms 6, 6A, 7 and 8

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced that he will lead a delegation to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka to lodge a complaint, and will not leave the premises till a probe is ordered

The petitioner seeks recall of Justice Sharma’s opinion ruling on referring the constitutional validity challenge of the CEC and ECI (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, to a five-judge bench

ECI withdraws SIR declaration from Form 6 in States where the exercise is over

The Congress has framed its protests against the CEC around the theme of ‘vote chori ’ and has taken out protest marches in several places since last week; ‘We have to take action against him, even after his resignation,’ Mallikarjun Kharge says

Appearing before Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan, senior counsel G. Masilamani questions ECI’s decision to not conduct bypolls in the Tiruchi East, Perundurai, Ambasamudram, Viralimalai and Karur Assembly constituencies

The Lawyers Association for Constitution urged that a top court bench – excluding Justice Satish Chandra Sharma – hear both matters, citing public reports that his son is empanelled as standing counsel for the ECI before the MP High Court

ECI officials say a separate declaration form with Form 6 and Form 8 was approved by the three-member commission when the SIR process began in Bihar last year and was ratified again in phases two and three

I have only sought an inquiry into false entries into the electoral roll, claims Belagavi North Abhay Patil

Nainar Nagenthran shared a video clip on his social media handle, and asked whether CM Vijay was not aware that engaging children in an election campaign was an offence

Telangana Congress president demands ECI publish State-wise and constituency-wise details of names deleted from draft electoral rolls during SIR process,reasons for such deletions, number of objections received and other details

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“Highlighting certain specific internal notes/observations spread over the period of 10 months while overlooking the much larger body of approvals, decisions, instructions and initiatives give only one part of the picture,” ECI said

SIR was part of this conscious BJP, Modi-Shah strategy to manufacture a majority and to manipulate the electoral roll in a manner that you disenfranchise a large number of people, says Jairam Ramesh

The ECI met both groups on Sept. 12 over their claim on the party name and symbol