Form probe team, move against CEC Gyanesh Kumar: Petitioner to Supreme Court
Form probe team, move against CEC Gyanesh Kumar: Petitioner to Supreme Court The petition refers to "unprecedented constitutional fractures and illegalities committed within the Election Commission of India under Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar as exposed by documentary records…
Form probe team, move against CEC Gyanesh Kumar: Petitioner to Supreme Court The petition refers to "unprecedented constitutional fractures and illegalities committed within the Election Commission of India under Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar as exposed by documentary records published on September 23, 2026".
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4 min read New Delhi Updated: Sep 26, 2026 03: 21 AM IST.
For context, the petition remarked an SIT should be constituted to "conduct an end-to-end technical, forensic, and administrative audit of ECINet and ERONet databases, investigate the institutional circumstances under which 13 crore names were deleted across 30 States/UTs under the SIR" (File Photo).
For context, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, urging it to declare as illegal "all decisions, guidelines, directives and software modifications initiated, approved, or implemented" under Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar "without full Commission concurrence".
For context, the petition filed by Delhi-based lawyer Shailendra Mani Tripathi has sought a probe by an independent, high-powered judicial inquiry commission or a special investigation team headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court after The Indian Express report on objections by two Election Commissioners to decisions taken by the Election Commission without their knowledge.
Tripathi has pressed the court to problem appropriate directions to the competent statutory authority to register complaints and initiate prosecution under Section 32 of the Representation of the Individuals Act, 1950 against Gyanesh Kumar, Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg and Director General (Information Technology) Seema Khanna and all other officers identified guilty of deliberate breach of official duty.
Taken together, the developments around form probe team, move against CEC Gyanesh Kumar: Petitioner to Supreme Court point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
