The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition seeking advancement of polling hours from 7 am to 5 am for the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha elections..The petition filed by Advocate Mohammad Nizam Pasha sought an early start to the polling hours on account of heat wave and the beginning of the month of Ramzan..The petition was earlier mentioned before a Bench led by the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi which had directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to pass appropriate orders on the same. The ECI had declined to entertain this prayer which led to the petitioner approaching the Supreme Court again..Appearing for ECI, Advocate Amit Sharma told that Court today that ECI has already heard the petitioner and his representation in detail and passed an order..The Vacation Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna observed that it is the discretion of the poll panel to decide on this issue..The Court thus dismissed the petition..Read the Order:.Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.
The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition seeking advancement of polling hours from 7 am to 5 am for the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha elections..The petition filed by Advocate Mohammad Nizam Pasha sought an early start to the polling hours on account of heat wave and the beginning of the month of Ramzan..The petition was earlier mentioned before a Bench led by the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi which had directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to pass appropriate orders on the same. The ECI had declined to entertain this prayer which led to the petitioner approaching the Supreme Court again..Appearing for ECI, Advocate Amit Sharma told that Court today that ECI has already heard the petitioner and his representation in detail and passed an order..The Vacation Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna observed that it is the discretion of the poll panel to decide on this issue..The Court thus dismissed the petition..Read the Order:.Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.
