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Supreme Court Plea Seeks Criminal Prosecution of Poll Body Chief
By Legal Correspondent25 September 2026
Legal pressure mounts as a new petition demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar face criminal charges for unauthorised electoral roll tampering.
The fight for democratic survival has reached the highest court in the land. A groundbreaking plea in the Supreme Court is now demanding that CEC Gyanesh Kumar be stripped of any perceived immunity and tried like an 'ordinary accused.' The allegations are devastating: unauthorised subversion of the electoral roll and unilateral changes to Form 6. This legal maneuver underscores a desperate, nationwide cry for accountability. If the Supreme Court acts, it could trigger the most significant judicial intervention in India's electoral history, putting a hard stop to the controversial SIR process.
