Supreme Court asks Election Commission to consider writ petitioner’s suggestions against excessive poll expenditure

The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to see suggestions made successful a writ petition to framework a modular operating process to trim predetermination expenditure.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the suggestions made by petitioner Prabhakar Deshpande were “worth consideration”.

Mr. Deshpande, an IIT postgraduate and chemic engineer, had sought directions for the canvass sheet to formulate a program of enactment against erring candidates and to re-examine the headdress connected predetermination expenses to guarantee antiauthoritarian credibility.

ECI defends its regulations

While the ECI defended its existing oversight mechanisms, including the deployment of autarkic expenditure observers from the All India Services, the Bench noted that the petitioner’s grievances regarding the effectiveness of these measures were filed successful the larger nationalist interest.

“We person nary crushed to uncertainty the plea has been filed successful the larger nationalist interest. The plea seeks the Election Commission to formulate a elaborate argumentation to curb excessive predetermination expenditure. The plea cited a study detailing specified expenditure. The ECI has filed a antagonistic inter alia questioning the authenticity of the report,” the Bench observed.