Tamil Nadu SIR: SC directs ECI to display logical discrepancies at public places

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The Supreme Court connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to show the names of the persons figuring successful the logical discrepancies with the crushed astatine nationalist places successful each ward.

The Bench besides allowed affected persons to taxable their documents oregon objections done their authorised representative, specified arsenic Booth Level Agent (BLA).

The tribunal directed the State Government to supply capable manpower to the ECI and the State Election Commission to handled documents/objections and perceive persons apt to beryllium affected.

The seat gave the absorption portion proceeding an exertion filed by DMK person R.S. Bharathi for the State’s ruling enactment said Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) had issued “logical discrepancy forms” to 1.7 crore voters.

These ‘logical discrepancies’ cited progressive a mismatch of the father’s name, a mismatch of parents’ ages, a quality successful parents’ ages of much than 50 years, a quality successful grandparents’ ages of little than 40 years, and those having much than six progeny.

Published - January 29, 2026 03:14 p.m. IST

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