The Supreme Court will hear pleas on October 5, 2026, to suspend Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Petitioners challenged his recent decisions and software changes. Meanwhile, protests against Kumar occurred on October 4, 2026, in New Delhi and Mumbai. Police detained nearly 500 people after stopping a march on Ashoka Road.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday (October 5, 2026) a batch of pleas seeking suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and challenging the manner in which the poll panel led by him took decisions, allegedly without the approval of two election commissioners.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana is scheduled to hear the pleas filed by Rakesh Kumar Singh and advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi, who have also challenged the decisions, guidelines and software changes allegedly made by Kumar without the concurrence of his two colleagues.
Meanwhile, Sunday (October 4, 2026) also saw protests seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the suspension of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with demonstrations continuing in New Delhi and Mumbai. Confrontations took place in New Delhi between protesters, who were trying to reach Jantar Mantar, and the Delhi Police, who had heavily barricaded the area. The police stopped the march on Ashoka Road and detained nearly 500 people.
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