Plea in SC seeks prosecution of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged SIR violations, demands SIT probe

A fresh legal challenge has put Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at the centre of a controversy over the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A petition filed in the Supreme Court has sought criminal prosecution of the CEC, alleging violations of statutory duties in the handling of the voter-list revision exercise. The plea, filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi, also challenges a series of decisions, guidelines and software changes allegedly introduced without the concurrence of the other two Election Commissioners.