00:00And we're getting some breaking news. This is regarding the India Bloc's petition that was filed in the Supreme Court
00:06yesterday against the Election Commission.
00:07Now the Supreme Court registry has flagged 14 flaws in this petition by the India Bloc, which is yet to
00:14be listed because it has not been cleared.
00:17So the flaws include that individual election commissioners have been named in petition in addition to the Election Commission as
00:24a whole.
00:24A clear legible copy of Malik Arjun Kharge's ID is also missing.
00:30The court fee is also short by Rs. 220. The documents on which petition is based is also missing.
00:37Signatures of nine petitioners is also missing from this petition.
00:41The Supreme Court has sought soft copies of June 24 Election Commission decision.
00:46And it is also seeking documents regarding the SIR deletions which are being claimed by the opposition in the plea
00:53in the top court.
00:54So these are the flaws that have been flagged. In total, there are 14 flaws that have been flagged by
01:00the Supreme Court.
01:01My colleague Anisha Mathur is now joining us with more details on this.
01:05Anisha, tell us more about these 14 flaws that have been flagged by the Supreme Court registry and what will
01:10be the way further.
01:12Well, see Anjali, this is a process that happens no matter who files a petition before the Supreme Court.
01:18The registry looks at the paperwork, whether the photocopies that have been filed are clean and legible, whether all the
01:24documentation is in place or not.
01:26That is where these defects have been flagged by the Supreme Court registry.
01:31We saw the huge uproar yesterday where all the India Bloc leaders, along with their supporters, protesters, marched to the
01:39Supreme Court.
01:40However, since they reached the filing counter of the Supreme Court after technically the counter was closed,
01:48their petition was filed by their legal team just before the filing counter was to close at 4.30.
01:56Now, on that basis, some of these errors have come up that the Vakalat Namahs, which is the signed authorization
02:02by the petitioner to the lawyer to file that petition,
02:05is missing for 9 out of the 11 petitioners.
02:08They're also questioning why individual persons have been named in a writ petition, which is against the Election Commission as
02:16a whole.
02:17So we'll find out in the course of today by when the lawyer legal team will rectify these complaints, these
02:24defects.
02:24Because remember, and I repeat for our viewers again, this is a procedure that happened with every file that goes
02:30to the Supreme Court.
02:31There is an entire registry staff that looks at every single piece of paper that is filed to see everything
02:38is correctly filed or not.
02:41But if you look at what is in the petition itself, what is the petition flagged?
02:44They are saying that there was unilateral decision making in the Election Commission, that CEC Gyanesh Kumar did not listen
02:52to the other two election commissioners,
02:55which is violative of the Election Commission Act.
02:57They are questioning the process of deletions.
03:00And more importantly, they're asking for clarification on how any rectification is done if somebody's name is deleted.
03:07But they do have the documentation because there have been concerns raised regarding adding back of names into the SIR
03:18roles after appeals are filed, after all the documentation is shown.
03:23So they are asking for the audit of ERO net, of the ECI net, of how the decision making was
03:28done and how the procedures are working.
03:31So we'll find out in the course of today when that matter is likely to be heard.
03:35Because remember, on 5th of October, there was another PIL on the same lines after the Indian Express reportage regarding
03:44the decision making in the Election Commission.
03:47Notices have already been issued by the Supreme Court on that petition.
03:52That petition is set to be heard on the 27th of October.
03:54Now whether the opposition leader, the India Bloc leader's petition will be tagged with that older petition remains to be
04:01seen.
04:02Whether this will be heard separately and then notices will be issued again and then both petitions will be heard
04:09together.
04:09That is also something we can only speculate about at this moment.
04:13But we can tell our viewers that these questions of the functioning of the Election Commission is already before the
04:19Supreme Court.
04:20The bench has already asked for the file notings, the documents, the minutes of the meetings, etc.
04:27To decide on whether the Election Commission has taken its decision according to the law or not.
04:33But with the spectacle that we saw on the streets and again inside the Supreme Court premises yesterday,
04:39it seems that the India Bloc leaders also want to show that they are also raising these very same issues.
04:46Now it is for their legal team to rectify the defects and then get that matter listed for hearing.
04:52Because till the defects are cured, petitions cannot be placed before the judges.
04:57Back to you.
04:57Alright Anisha, do stay with us.
04:59So there are 14 defects that have been flagged by the Supreme Court Registry.
05:02It is important to note that until these defects are rectified by the India Bloc,
05:07the petition cannot be cleared and hence it cannot be listed for hearing.
05:11Let's take a look at these blunders that have been flagged by the Supreme Court Registry,
05:15which has now flagged 14 flaws in the petition and it is yet to clear the India Bloc's plea.
05:21Now the Supreme Court Registry asks why individual Election Commissioners have been named.
05:26Now it is important to note that in the petition, the Election Commission as a whole has also been named.
05:31Along with the Election Commission, the three Election Commissioners have been named.
05:34So what the Supreme Court Registry is asking is why have individual Election Commissioners also been named in this writ
05:41petition.
05:42Now clear, legible copy of Congress Chief Malik Arjun Kargay's identity card is missing in this petition.
05:49The lawyer authorization is also missing for nine of the 11 petitioners.
05:54Vakalat Nama is unsigned by nine, including Achilles Yadav, Tejashvi Yadav and also Sanjay Raut.
06:00And the clear copies of supporting records is also incomplete.
06:05The Supreme Court Registry has also sought digital copies of Election Commission's June 24 decision.
06:11In fact, it has also sought the SIR voter deletion records on a pen drive by the India Bloc.
06:17The court fee filed by the petitioners is also short by 220 rupees.
06:22So these are the defects in the petition by the India Bloc that need to be rectified
06:27and only then will it be cleared and will be listed for hearing in the top court.
