‘Deleted voter filing Form 6 not false declaration’: Election Commission tells Bombay High Court amid SIR row
- The Election Commission of India has resolved 88 of 97 missing voter cases from Goa's Special Intensive Revision using Form 6, with names restored or accepted for inclusion in the electoral roll.
- Petitioners Paresh Salgaonkar and family members had their names deleted after the ECI rejected their Form 8 applications for address changes during the SIR process in Santa Cruz Assembly constituency.
- Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit Jamsandekar argued the ECI's mandate is to ensure participation, noting the Representation of the People Act's object, which "cannot be 'overridden'," is to ensure votes are cast by citizens.
- Advocate Gaurish Agni defended the ECI's actions, arguing voters missed during SIR can submit Form 6 for consideration, while the bench suggested keeping forms pending rather than rejecting them outright.
- Of the nine unresolved cases, three involve individuals who acquired Portuguese citizenship while six reside abroad. The High Court scheduled the next hearing in 4 days to continue reviewing the ECI's voter roll process.
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‘Citizens Excluded, Then What Is SIR For?’ Bombay HC Raps EC Over Goa Voter Deletions
<p>The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the Election Commission over how Paresh Salgaonkar and his family of five were deleted from Goa’s electoral rolls despite being Indian citizens and submitting Form 8 for a change of address.</p> <p>The two-judge bench of Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit Jamsandekar asked the EC how citizens could be excluded through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.</p> <p>“...the Election Commission ha…
Goa CEO fact-checks ‘97 valid voters’ claim by Indian Express
The Goa Chief Electoral Officer’s latest status report has put a major question mark over The Indian Express’ claim that 97 “valid Goa voters” were wrongly left out of the electoral roll. The official update says 88 cases have since been processed through Form 6, while three of the remaining nine were found to be Portuguese passport holders and six are currently residing outside India. The development directly complicates the framing of the Indi…
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