Registration of Electors Rules, 1960

The petitioners challenged the 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election, alleging that the electoral rolls of 1979 were defective because they had not been revised as required by the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and allegedly contained non‑citizens. They filed writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitut…

The Calcutta High Court entertained a writ petition under Article 226 challenging the Chief Election Commissioner, the Chief Electoral Officer and the Election Commission of India for allegedly issuing vague and arbitrary directions for a de novo revision of West Bengal's electoral rolls and for proceeding with electio…

In the 2001 Kozhikode Assembly election, the appellant, election agent of the defeated candidate, alleged that after the 3 p.m. deadline for filing nominations, 19,045 names were deleted and 6,828 added to the electoral roll, rendering the election void. The High Court dismissed the petition, holding that the appellant…

The Supreme Court considered writ petitions filed under Article 32 challenging a press note issued by the Election Commission that elections in Bihar and Orissa would not be held unless photo identity cards were supplied to all eligible voters. The Commission had earlier directed states, under Rule 28 of the Registrati…

The appellant, Laxmi Kant Bajpai, challenged the election of Hazi Yaqoob to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on the ground that votes from 21 localities, allegedly outside the delimitation order, were improperly included in the electoral roll, violating Sections 100(1)(d)(iii) and (iv) of the Representation of th…

Jagannath Ramchandra Nunekar, an elector from Shivaji Nagar, sought to contest a bye‑election in Jaoli and applied for a certified copy of his entry in the Shivaji Nagar electoral roll. He received a copy on 8 January 1986 showing the latest publication date as 31‑Jan‑1984 and filed his nomination on 9 January, but the…

Kam​al Nath, President of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking (i) VVPAT verification at 10% of polling stations and (ii) that the Election Commission of India (ECI) publish the draft electoral roll in a searchable PDF (text‑searchable) format. The petitioner relied on C…

The appellant, a candidate for the Orissa Legislative Assembly, filed his nomination from Gopalpur while being an elector in Sorada. He submitted an attested copy of the Sorada electoral roll as it existed on 21 July 1983, arguing that this satisfied the requirement of Section 33(5) of the Representation of the People …

Arshad Jamil, a civil judge appointed to a reserved OBC post in Uttarakhand, obtained a caste certificate claiming ordinary residence in Roorkee. Evidence showed he was a permanent resident of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, with electoral rolls, ration card, and bar enrollment supporting this. The Tehsildar cancelled th…

The Supreme Court examined the Election Commission's directives that empowered district collectors and police to determine a person's citizenship and delete alleged foreign nationals from electoral rolls. Petitioners challenged the procedure, arguing that notices relied solely on police reports, limited the documents t…

Dr. Manmohan Singh, then a Union Cabinet Minister, filed Form No.1 under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 stating that but for his office he would be ordinarily resident in the Dispur Assembly constituency of Assam. The Election Commission questioned this declaration, initiated an enquiry and the Chief Election…