Overview
- Congress leaders Vipulkumar Udhnawala and Vinod Patil filed a petition on February 10 seeking a stay on the Special Intensive Revision, strict compliance with electoral rules, exhibition of Form-11 lists, and criminal action for false objections.
- The bench of Justices Bhargav Karia and L S Pirzada is expected to hear the case, and no judicial order halting the process has been reported.
- The Election Commission’s December 19 draft rolls showed roughly 74 lakh names removed, reducing Gujarat’s electors to 4.34 crore from 5.08 crore.
- The petition alleges bulk Form-7 filings by BJP workers, acceptance of objections not submitted per Rules 13–17, deletion of names without notice or hearing, and failure to publicly display required Form-11 lists.
- Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda cited shifting EC counts for Form-7 objections (12,59,229 to over 9.5 lakh to 1,83,235) and claimed district data show 95–99 percent of objections were rejected after verification.