Overview

• Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice N.V. Anjaria ordered that no coercive action be taken and issued notice on Kumar’s petition.
• Two FIRs were registered in Nagpur’s Ramtek and Nashik’s Deolali after complaints by local tehsildar officials over his social‑media post.
• Kumar is booked under multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions, including Sections 175, 353(1)(b), 212, 340 and, as reported in one FIR, 356.
• He deleted the August 17 post and apologised on August 19, attributing large constituency‑level changes he cited to a misread data row.
• The disputed figures were used in partisan arguments over alleged voter‑roll manipulation, drawing sharp reactions from political parties and election officials.