The bench observed that the notices have been broadly classified into three categories
Jagran Bureau, New Delhi. The Supreme Court has issued several instructions to the Election Commission and the administration to ensure that people do not face any inconvenience or unnecessary stress in providing documents or verification or objection in the ongoing Intensive Revision (SIR) process of voter list in West Bengal. It has been said that the list of people whose names are included in the list of 'logical anomalies' should be displayed in the village panchayat buildings and block offices where documents and objections will also be submitted.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Dipankar Dutta and Joyma Mallya Bagchi gave these instructions keeping in mind that the voter list intensive revision process should be transparent and should not cause any inconvenience to anyone. 'Logical discrepancies' means that those whose names differ or do not match with the names included in the previous voter list or there is a difference in the names or age of the parents such as the age difference of the parents is less than 15 years or more than 50 years, they have been placed in the category of 'logical discrepancies' and notices have been sent in this category.
Notices classified into three categories
The bench observed that the notices have been broadly classified into three categories. Which matched, which did not match and 'logical inconsistencies'. The court noted that the names of 1.25 crore voters in West Bengal were in the list of 'logical anomalies'. The court has asked the West Bengal government to provide manpower to the Election Commission for this.
The court said that people who have received notices can also submit their documents or objections through their authorized representative. The bench ordered that the state DGP will ensure that there is no law and order problem and all activities are carried out smoothly. The top court said that if the documents presented are found unsatisfactory, then the person concerned will be given an opportunity of hearing in which his authorized representative can also be present. Along with this, the court has directed that receipt of documents and hearing will be given.
Earlier during the hearing, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioners, said that notices have been sent to many voters merely on the basis of difference in spelling of names like Ganguly, Dutta or age difference of less than 15 years between the parents. He requested that a list of 'logical inconsistencies' be published and that booth label agents be allowed to assist voters.
However, during the hearing, senior lawyer Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the Election Commission, termed the apprehensions as baseless. He said that officials have been instructed not to send notices on spelling mistakes. He also said that if there is so much distrust in the Election Commission then it should not conduct elections at all.
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