Overview
- The court directed that names on the 'logical discrepancy' list be posted at gram panchayat, block and ward offices, with on-site counters accepting documents and objections and issuing acknowledgments.
- Voters may be represented by authorised agents, including Booth Level Agents if formally authorised, and West Bengal must provide manpower and maintain law and order during the process.
- Figures placed before the court show vast scale in West Bengal, with about 1.36 crore voters flagged for logical discrepancies and 31 lakh listed as unmapped, alongside roughly 1.25 crore discrepancy notices noted by the bench.
- Key timelines have tightened: West Bengal’s claims and objections window closes January 19 with hearings to February 7 and final rolls due February 14, while Assam’s deadline is January 22 and Kerala’s extended to January 30; Tamil Nadu closed January 18 with final rolls on February 17.
- ECI is pushing rapid verification in West Bengal at roughly 700,000 hearings per day across 6,500 centres and has reiterated document rules, even as parties step up challenges, including Congress allegations of deletions in Rajasthan and EC rebuttals over high-profile hearing notices.