SC discover to Centre on plea in opposition to provide of electoral roll to candidates
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre and others on a plea difficult sure provisions of the Registration of Electors Rules 1960 by which the Election Commission is certain to produce two copies of the electoral roll to each contesting candidate.
The PIL filed by two advocates has sought a substitute for save the big expenditure in addition to the utilization of huge portions of paper.
It alleged that the nation needed to bear a price of about Rs 47.84 crore for printing electoral rolls and supplying them freed from price to the candidates of the recognised events contesting.
A bench of Chief Justice U U Lalit and Bela M Trivedi issued notices to the Centre and the Chief Election Commissioner on a plea difficult Rules 11(c) and 22(c) of the Registration of Electors Rules 1960.
It is submitted that by way of these Rules, the Election Commission is certain to produce two copies of the electoral roll to each contesting candidate who’s assigned a logo by way of the Rules.
It is additional submitted that on this rely alone, an expenditure of Rs. 47,84,38,000 was incurred by the Election Commission within the final elections.
“Challenge is therefore raised as to the validity of these Rules and it is submitted inter alia that an alternative be devised so as to save the enormous expenditure as well as the usage of large quantities of paper. Issue notice returnable on November 28, 2022,” the bench mentioned.
The prime courtroom was listening to a plea filed by advocates Hargyan Singh Gahlot and Sanjana Gahlot difficult Rules 11(c) and 22(c) of the Registration of Electors Rules 1960.
They claimed that about 31 bushes are chopped day-after-day for printing voter lists.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre and others on a plea difficult sure provisions of the Registration of Electors Rules 1960 by which the Election Commission is certain to produce two copies of the electoral roll to each contesting candidate.
The PIL filed by two advocates has sought a substitute for save the big expenditure in addition to the utilization of huge portions of paper.
It alleged that the nation needed to bear a price of about Rs 47.84 crore for printing electoral rolls and supplying them freed from price to the candidates of the recognised events contesting.
A bench of Chief Justice U U Lalit and Bela M Trivedi issued notices to the Centre and the Chief Election Commissioner on a plea difficult Rules 11(c) and 22(c) of the Registration of Electors Rules 1960.
It is submitted that by way of these Rules, the Election Commission is certain to produce two copies of the electoral roll to each contesting candidate who’s assigned a logo by way of the Rules.
It is additional submitted that on this rely alone, an expenditure of Rs. 47,84,38,000 was incurred by the Election Commission within the final elections.
“Challenge is therefore raised as to the validity of these Rules and it is submitted inter alia that an alternative be devised so as to save the enormous expenditure as well as the usage of large quantities of paper. Issue notice returnable on November 28, 2022,” the bench mentioned.
The prime courtroom was listening to a plea filed by advocates Hargyan Singh Gahlot and Sanjana Gahlot difficult Rules 11(c) and 22(c) of the Registration of Electors Rules 1960.
They claimed that about 31 bushes are chopped day-after-day for printing voter lists.
