Prakash Rajpurohit fills the vacancy left by Sanjay Kumar’s premature repatriation, amid concerns raised by Election Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and VivekJoshi over IT department files not being routed through him ....
While these tribunals report to Calcutta High Court, ECI provides them with secretarial assistance, including staff and digital platform for online hearings ....
The Election Commission of India has introduced strict limits on individual Form-7 applications to prevent misuse of electoral roll objections, alongside strengthened verification procedures and penalties for false declarations ... .
The ECI has capped individual Form 7 applications at 10 during electoral roll revision and five per month during routine updates to curb bulk objections. The directive follows concerns over misuse, inconvenience to voters, and officials’ workload ....