In Brief
A political leader challenged the Election Commission's electoral roll practices for Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, seeking three reliefs: direction to conduct VVPAT verification at 10% of polling stations, publication of voter lists in searchable text-format, and prohibition on voter deletion without party notice. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, holding that the Election Manual's requirement for 'text mode' refers to the content (text-only without photographs), not the format (searchable PDF). Image-based PDFs were deemed compliant. The Court also refused to reconsider VVPAT verification—a matter already decided in earlier petitions. Privacy concerns justified the ECI's format choice.
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