The Supreme Court on Friday used the Hindi proverb “aa bail mujhe maar” to take a jibe at Election Commission over its cellular utility that enables customers to entry real-time voter turnout information. The comment was made by a trip bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma whereas listening to a plea requesting EC to add booth-wise voter turnout information in ‘numbers’ on its web site in the course of the Lok Sabha polls.
Refering to a previous listening to on a plea by a NGO looking for SC’s path to return to the outdated observe of utilizing paper ballots in elections, Justice Datta stated “I specifically asked him (EC counsel Maninder Singh) about the voter turnout app and whether there was a statutory requirement to upload data in real time.” To which he (Singh) responded that there are not any such statutory necessities and that the ECI is doing so for equity and transparency.”
“That day, I didn’t say anything in open court, but today, I’m willing to. “It’s like ‘Aa Bail Mujhe Maar’ (to ask bother),” he stated, referring to the Election Commission’s alleged reluctance to launch full voter turnout information as quickly as doable. Justice Datta, together with Justice Sanjiv Khanna on April 26 sat on the bench that rejected the NGO’s request to overview poll papers.
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, who represented the NGO, said that folks have full religion within the Election Commission, which shouldn’t be misinterpreted. “People are entitled to know. Why should we be excluded if we can provide information that will improve the election process? ECI is capable of providing exact Form 17C figures. It can be updated by utilising cutting-edge technology. Estimated figures are causing some anxiety,” he defined.
(With inputs from PTI)
