Overview
- The bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad declined to interfere with challenges to the electoral rolls, dismissing four petitions.
- The court emphasized that once voter lists are finalized, courts cannot alter them, pointing petitioners to statutory remedies for corrections.
- Matters contesting ward reservation and delimitation were deferred and listed for hearing on November 6.
- The State Election Commission told a separate bench it will adopt the assembly voter list for municipal elections, with draft rolls slated for publication on November 6.
- An individual petition by 18-year-old Rupika Singh seeking enrolment in the BMC roll remains pending after she said an October 2024 cut-off blocked her inclusion.