Politics · India · 2 hrs ago
Supreme Court tells Election Commission to produce missing Karnataka vote-counting video
The Supreme Court criticized the Election Commission of India for saying it could not find a video recording of vote counting in 2023.
The video concerns Sringeri, an assembly seat in Karnataka.
The matter is part of a poll dispute between Congress's TD Rajegowda and BJP's DN Jeevaraj.
The court said election authorities should keep records of the process they oversee.
It told the commission to produce whatever records it has at the next hearing.
If it does not, the court said it may draw an adverse inference, meaning it could treat the missing evidence against the commission's position.
The Supreme Court told the Election Commission of India to produce any available video recording of vote counting in Karnataka’s Sringeri assembly seat.
The court was hearing a poll dispute between Congress’s TD Rajegowda and BJP’s DN Jeevaraj.
The Election Commission had said it was unable to trace the 2023 recording.
The court said it could draw an adverse inference if the commission did not produce the material by the next hearing.
The court said it would not accept what it called “lame excuses.”
- Who
- The Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India. The case concerns Congress’s TD Rajegowda and BJP’s DN Jeevaraj.
- What
- The court ordered the commission to produce whatever it has of the 2023 vote-counting video. It warned it could draw an adverse inference otherwise.
- When
- The court made the remarks on Wednesday. The recording is from 2023.
- Where
- Sringeri assembly seat, Karnataka.
- Why
- The material relates to a poll dispute between TD Rajegowda and DN Jeevaraj.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The vote-counting video at issue was recorded in Karnataka’s Sringeri assembly seat.
The Supreme Court criticized the Election Commission for saying it could not trace the recording and directed it to produce whatever it had by the next hearing.
- Recording
- 2023 vote-counting video
- Constituency
- Sringeri assembly seat, Karnataka
- Poll dispute
- TD Rajegowda and DN Jeevaraj
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Commission
- Election Commission of India
What people are saying
How can ECI say it has lost its record? Your whole purpose is to hold an election, and you need to have a document...Whatever you have, produce it on the next date. Otherwise, we will have to draw an adverse inference. We will not accept these kinds of lame excuses