Overview

• Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi refused to entertain the public interest plea and disposed of it with liberty to approach the Election Commission of India.
• The court declined to fix a timeframe or issue directions to the poll body, even as the petitioner said a representation to the ECI had not been acted on.
• The petition by advocate Rohit Pandey sought a court‑monitored SIT led by a retired judge, an independent audit of rolls, and a halt to any further revision or finalisation.
• The filing relied on Rahul Gandhi’s August 7 assertions about large‑scale manipulation in Karnataka, citing figures such as 100,250 alleged fake votes in Mahadevapura alongside duplicate and invalid entries.
• The plea also asked for machine‑readable, OCR‑compliant publication of electoral rolls and binding transparency guidelines to enable verification and detect duplicate or fictitious entries.