Overview

• A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice NV Anjaria issued an interim stay and sent notice on Kumar’s writ petition.
• Police in Nagpur had filed a case accusing Kumar of spreading false information related to election data.
• Kumar, a Lokniti-CSDS co-director, deleted the posts and said a data row was misread, adding that he did not intend to misinform.
• His deleted tweet cited steep voter-count declines in Ramtek and Devlali between the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, listing percentage drops of about 38% and 37%.
• The claims prompted opposition leaders to attack the Election Commission with allegations of collusion with the BJP.