इन 3 वकीलों ने Election Commission के छुड़ा दिए पसीने ?
CJI DY Chandrachud: These 3 lawyers gave the Election Commission a hard time in the Supreme Court? , Form 17C
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00:00 There are many complaints against the election commission in the Supreme Court.
00:05 Two judges of the Supreme Court filed a similar complaint in the last few days.
00:11 This complaint was related to the publication of the last majority in 48 hours by the election commission.
00:17 The complaint was filed by the Non-Governmental Organization Association for Democratic Reforms.
00:23 The leader of the Tranmool Congress, Mahua Moitra was also a party in this case.
00:28 Interestingly, the team of famous lawyers of the country had reached the Supreme Court to follow this complaint.
00:38 Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singh was also a part of this case.
00:41 Lawyers like Prashant Bhushan, Dushyant and Dave were also present.
00:46 On the other hand, Senior Advocate Maninder Singh was present from the election commission.
00:51 Justice Deepankar Dutta and Justice Satish Jain Sharma's back were present at the hearing of the ADR.
00:58 During the hearing, the Supreme Court's back said that preparations have to be made on a comprehensive level to get the elections done across the country.
01:06 In addition, human resources have to be used on a large scale in the general elections.
01:11 The court said that at a time when the six stages of the election have been completed, it does not want to divert the attention of the election commission.
01:19 The back said that everyone wants free and impartial elections.
01:23 The Supreme Court does not want to interfere with the election process.
01:26 The court can improve the election process. We have to be aware of the ground reality.
01:32 Actually, the NGO ADR had asked to publish the final percentage of the vote in 48 hours under Form 17C.
01:42 The court, while solving the case, exhausted all the arguments of the investigators and solved the case.
01:50 The Supreme Court said that there can be no final relief in this.
01:54 This relief has been asked for in the case that has been going on for a long time since 2019.
02:00 In this case, if a final relief is given on this petition, it will be like giving the final relief on the written petition.
02:07 On the other hand, the senior advocate Maninder Singh, who is present in the court on behalf of the election commission, said that the
02:13 urgent need of ADR is based on doubt, whose purpose is to defame the election commission.
02:19 Maninder Singh also argued that the Supreme Court had also considered 17C in the decision of 26 April 2026.
02:27 ADR and Tirmul presented senior advocates like Abhishek Manu Singhvi's partner Prashant Bhushan, Dushyant Dave, Neha Rathi, Cyril D'Souza in the Supreme Court.
02:41 The first round of elections was held on 19 April and the second round was held on 26 April.
02:47 The election commission released the final percentage of the vote in both rounds on 30 April 2024.
02:54 The investigators say that there is a difference of 5-6% between the provisional and the final percentage of votes.
03:02 He also requested to issue the final figures of the voting percentage within 48 hours.
03:09 However, the Supreme Court rejected his request.
03:13 All the senior advocates who were present in the Supreme Court to follow this case and the entire team of these famous advocates, including senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Prashant Bhushan, Dushyant Dave, presented their arguments.
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