Overview
- The High Court in Jaipur issued notices Thursday to the State Election Commission and its chief, not to the state government, and sought replies within four weeks.
- Judges flagged the SEC’s plan to publish final voter rolls on April 22, which makes polls before the April 15 cutoff impossible because final rolls are required before voting can be held.
- The proceeding follows a contempt plea by former MLA Sanyam Lodha, who urged the court to enforce its prior orders.
- Advocate General Rajendra Prasad said the state will ask the court to extend the schedule for the panchayat and urban local body elections.
- The court had ordered delimitation by December 31, 2025 and elections by April 15, 2026, a timeline the Supreme Court later upheld.