SC Refuses To Direct EC To Upload Final Voter Turnout Data Amid Lok Sabha Elections

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order an NGO's plea to issue the Election Commission directions to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The top court said that it would be difficult for the poll panel to mobilise manpower.

A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma said it cannot issue any such directions at the moment as five phases of polling have concluded and two remain.

The vacation bench was hearing an application by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) seeking disclosure of final authenticated data on voter turnout in all polling stations, including the number of votes polled in the ongoing general elections within 48 hours of polling.