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<p>The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice on a plea questioning the functioning of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleging illegalities in the SIR process. </p><p>The plea said that CEC Kumar took decisions allegedly without the approval of two Election Commissioners.</p><p>A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana took note of the submissions of senior advocate Vikas Singh and issued the notice. </p>.'People will decide...not ECI': Uddhav & Raj Thackeray lead protest march against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over SIR.<p>The notice was issued to the Union of India, the Election Commission of India, CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sindhu, Dr Vivek Joshi, Dy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg IAS and DG(IT) Seema Khanna on the petition, <em>Live Law</em> reported.</p><p>The PIL, which was filed by Patna resident Rakesh Kumar Singh had urged the court to determine if Gynaesh Kumar has been exercising powers on his own which legally belong to the Election Commission as a unit. If proven so, the plea urged the top court to take appropriate action on it. </p><p>Singh urged for an interim order to suspend the CEC, to which the court said it will impact the working of the Election Commission and refused to pass an interim order. </p><p>Hearing arguments from the petitioner's side, the court said if any decision taken by Election Commission is found not to be in accordance with law, then we will annul it.</p><p>This comes days after a report in The Indian Express that mentioned that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times over the last 10 months to decisions and orders on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of electoral rolls that they said were issued without their knowledge or recommendation. </p> <p><em>(With agency inputs)</em></p>

<p>The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice on a plea questioning the functioning of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleging illegalities in the SIR process. </p><p>The plea said that CEC Kumar took decisions allegedly without the approval of two Election Commissioners.</p><p>A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana took note of the submissions of senior advocate Vikas Singh and issued the notice. </p>.'People will decide...not ECI': Uddhav & Raj Thackeray lead protest march against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over SIR.<p>The notice was issued to the Union of India, the Election Commission of India, CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sindhu, Dr Vivek Joshi, Dy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg IAS and DG(IT) Seema Khanna on the petition, <em>Live Law</em> reported.</p><p>The PIL, which was filed by Patna resident Rakesh Kumar Singh had urged the court to determine if Gynaesh Kumar has been exercising powers on his own which legally belong to the Election Commission as a unit. If proven so, the plea urged the top court to take appropriate action on it. </p><p>Singh urged for an interim order to suspend the CEC, to which the court said it will impact the working of the Election Commission and refused to pass an interim order. </p><p>Hearing arguments from the petitioner's side, the court said if any decision taken by Election Commission is found not to be in accordance with law, then we will annul it.</p><p>This comes days after a report in The Indian Express that mentioned that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times over the last 10 months to decisions and orders on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of electoral rolls that they said were issued without their knowledge or recommendation. </p> <p><em>(With agency inputs)</em></p>

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