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Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any interim order restraining chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar from functioning over allegations that he took several decisions unilaterally despite objections from the two other election commissioners (ECs).

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1 Hr 6 Mins agoCJP's Ashutosh Ranka says ECI took down Sept 26 release on Form 6

1 Hr 31 Mins agoSC threw Gyanesh Kumar under the bus, claims CJP's Saurav Das

1 Hr 56 Mins agoNo restrain on CEC for now, petitioner tells Supreme Court ‘country will burn’

1:22 PM IST, Oct 5SC news LIVE: ‘News report may be fully or partially correct’, says CJI on pleas seeking Gyanesh Kumar's ouster

1:11 PM IST, Oct 5SC says Form 6 modification ‘not approved’

1:01 PM IST, Oct 5JUST IN

12:43 PM IST, Oct 5JUST IN | SC begins hearing please against EC, SIR of electoral rolls

11:51 AM IST, Oct 5Journalists detained, claims AISA's Neha Bora

11:18 AM IST, Oct 5Local DCP has suddenly gone on leave, says Dipke

11:03 AM IST, Oct 5‘Gyanu more valuable to this regime than citizens of this country’, says CJP's Abhijeet Dipke

10:28 AM IST, Oct 5CJP's Abhijeet Dipke says not afraid of threat of arrest under UAPA, NSA

10:17 AM IST, Oct 5Cops deployed at Jantar Jantar without name tags as ‘deliberate measure’

9:55 AM IST, Oct 5‘I, Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das will be arrested,’ says CJP's Ashutosh Ranka

9:47 AM IST, Oct 5What happened on Day 3 of protest at Jantar Mantar

9:46 AM IST, Oct 5Women journalists accuse cops of sexual harassent during protest against Gyanesh Kumar

9:35 AM IST, Oct 5Protest outside Police Station in Delhi over journalists' accusation on cops

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: A delegation of former civil servants and citizens is set to visit the Election Commission of India (ECI) at 4 pm on Monday to submit a “people’s chargesheet and notice of impeachment” against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Protests against chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi spilled over to the fourth day on Monday with detentions of protesters and accusations from them dominating the protest arena. Amid the growing protests, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass any interim order restraining Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar from functioning over allegations that he took several decisions unilaterally despite objections from the two other election commissioners (ECs), saying it could not proceed on "assumptions" without first verifying the facts....Read More

Protests against Gyanesh Kumar | Key points

-The protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar began on October 2, however, the detentions by security forces have triggered calls for extension of the agitation, with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) announcing a mega demonstration on October 10. Abhijeet Dipke's CJP led protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar from Mumbai's Shivaji Park on October 2.

-On Sunday, security officials and protesters clashed for at least three hours in central Delhi on Sunday, the third consecutive day of protests against chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. More than 120 people were briefly detained as police reiterated that no permission had been granted for the demonstrations. While protesters alleged they had been manhandled, police said they used minimum force.

-The protest was also escalated by the accusation of three women journalists against police officers of sexually harassing them during the protest against the Election Commission (EC) at Jantar Mantar on Saturday. Their complaints were forwarded to the crime branch for a detailed probe, the police said on Sunday. In a post on X, the Delhi Police said: “On October 3, during the protest in New Delhi area, while being in law and order situation, allegations of sexual harassment were made by three female journalists against police officers. The New Delhi district has received their complaints and the same are transferred to crime branch for fair and impartial enquiry.”

-On Monday, protests continued while an agitation outside Parliament Street Police Station in Delhi also continued parallelly over the allegations against police officers of sexually harassing journalists. Meanwhile, Congress's student wing NSUI also staged a symbolic protest near Jantar Mantar, demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

-The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any interim order restraining CEC Gyanesh Kumar from functioning over allegations that he took several decisions unilaterally despite objections from the two other election commissioners (ECs), saying it could not proceed on "assumptions" without first verifying the facts.

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Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: 15+ NSUI protesters detained near Jantar Mantar

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: More than 15 National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) protesters were detained near Jantar Mantar on Monday amid ongoing demonstrations demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The NSUI members had gathered near the protest site and staged a sit-in, with barricades put up by police. An NSUI member said Delhi Police arrived at the spot and detained them.

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: ‘People’s chargesheet’ against Gyanesh Kumar

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: A delegation of former civil servants and citizens is set to visit the Election Commission of India (ECI) at 4 pm on Monday, October 5, to submit a “people’s chargesheet and notice of impeachment” against CE Gyanesh Kumar.

The delegation includes former Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, former Union home secretary G K Pillai, former IB special director Yashovardhan Azad, former ambassador Ashok Sharma, Yogendra Yadav and other civil society representatives.

The organisers clarified that there is no call for a protest at the ECI and that only the delegation will visit the poll panel.

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: Pawan Khera questions Gyanesh Kumar’s two Stockholm visits in 2025

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: Congress leader Pawan Khera questioned Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s reported visits to Stockholm twice in 2025 within six months. “Why did CEC Gyanesh Kumar Gupta visit Stockholm twice within six months in 2025? Who did he meet? What exactly was discussed? Do these foreign collaborations have any bearing on the manner in which India’s electoral system is being hijacked?” he wrote on X.

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: How did Gyanesh Kumar modify Form 6 without SC nod, asks Dipke

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Gyansh Kumar on Monday asked how did Gyanesh Kumar modify Form 6 without the Supreme Court’s approval.

"On whose orders did he do it?" Dipke said on X.

“This makes one thing clear: Gyanu was not acting independently. He was serving his political bosses, even if it meant putting their interests above the rule of law. Gyanu is the biggest traitor of India,” he said.

The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not approved any modification to Form 6, the statutory application used by citizens to register as voters, as it issued notice on a plea challenging alleged changes made to the form on the Election Commission’s ECINet/ERONet portal.

“Any modified Form 6 has not been approved by us. Let’s be clear. When record will be produced, we would like to see who has modified,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said during the hearing.

Form 6 is the statutory application used by a person seeking inclusion of their name in the electoral roll. The controversy relates to an additional declaration that was introduced in the online version of the form during the ongoing SIR exercise.

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: CJP's Ashutosh Ranka says ECI took down Sept 26 release on Form 6

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka on Monday said the ECI has apparently taken down the September 26 press release, which claimed that SC had upheld the Form 6 order.

“Gyanesh has been thrown under the bus,” Ranka wrote on X.

“Gyanesh, it’s done bro!” he added.

The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not approved any modification to Form 6, the statutory application used by citizens to register as voters, as it issued notice on a plea challenging alleged changes made to the form on the Election Commission’s ECINet/ERONet portal.

“Any modified Form 6 has not been approved by us. Let’s be clear. When record will be produced, we would like to see who has modified,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said during the hearing.

Form 6 is the statutory application used by a person seeking inclusion of their name in the electoral roll. The controversy relates to an additional declaration that was introduced in the online version of the form during the ongoing SIR exercise.

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: SC threw Gyanesh Kumar under the bus, claims CJP's Saurav Das

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das said on Monday that the Supreme Court of India has thrown Gyanesh Kumar under the bus, “after declaring him a liar”.

“Gyanu, you’re done bro,” Das wrote on X after the top court on Monday refused to pass any interim order restraining chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar from functioning over allegations that he took several decisions unilaterally despite objections from the two other election commissioners (ECs).

The Supreme Court, however, made it clear that any decision found to have been taken contrary to the statutory requirement governing the functioning of the poll panel could subsequently be injuncted.

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: No restrain on CEC for now, petitioner tells Supreme Court ‘country will burn’

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the petitioner, sought before the Supreme Court an immediate suspension of Gyanesh Kumar and alternatively urged the court to direct the Election Commission to take only unanimous decisions until the next hearing.

The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, issued notice to the Election Commission of India, the Union government, the CEC and two ECs, on a petition filed by social activist Rakesh Kumar Singh, while making it clear that any decision found to have been taken contrary to the statutory requirement governing the functioning of the poll panel could subsequently be injuncted.

Singh pressed for an interim order suspending Kumar immediately, saying the credibility of the Election Commission was at stake. “We are facing a very grave situation. We have been known in the world for conducting free and fair elections but here the CEC’s working…” he said.

The bench, however, cautioned against acting on allegations before receiving the ECI’s response. “Let us not have an authentic information about the averments made by you,” it said.

When Singh pressed for immediate intervention, saying “the country will burn” without an interim order, the bench responded that it could always annul a decision subsequently if it was found to be unlawful. Read full HT report here

SC news LIVE: ‘News report may be fully or partially correct’, says CJI on pleas seeking Gyanesh Kumar's ouster

SC news LIVE: Saying that the poll body leadership is expected to take unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass an interim order suspending chief election commission Gyanesh Kumar.

The top court was hearing pleas challenging alleged “unilateral” decisions taken by Gyanesh Kumar, not keeping his two election commissioners in loop. The petitions were triggered by a news investigation report that claimed election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times over the past 10 months to decisions and orders on the SIR that they said were issued without their knowledge or recommendation.

“They are expected to take unanimous decisions...if there is no unanimity, it has to be by majority. Today, you are going only on a news report,” CJI Surya Kant said on Monday, hearing the pleas.

“News report may be fully or partially correct. We will like their response,” LiveLaw quoted CJI Kant as saying.

Gyanesh Kumar news LIVE: SC says Form 6 modification ‘not approved’

CJI Surya Kant said on Monday that any modified Form 6 has not been approved by the Supreme Court.

“Let's be clear.”

“When record has produced, we would like to see who has modified. But, your prayers appear jumbled up,” LiveLaw quoted CJI Surya Kant as saying on Monday, hearing pleas that challenge the alleged ‘unilateral’ decisions of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for the Election Commission of India.

One of the main issues the pleas raise is the alteration of Form 6, which the people use to register as voters. One of the pleas reportedly alleges that the requirement relating to ancestral details and link with the previous SIR was introduced through the election panel's software without the statutory amendment required under the electoral rules.

JUST IN | SC refuses to pass interim order to suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass interim order to suspend chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, LiveLaw reported.

Bench led by CJI Surya Kant issued notice to the ECI, Gyanesh Kumar, other two ECs on the plea challenging the poll body's decisions which were allegedly taken unilaterally.

If any decision taken by Election Commission is found not to be in accordance with law, then we will annul it, the top court said, according to PTI news agency.

JUST IN | SC begins hearing pleas against EC, SIR of electoral rolls

Supreme Court begins hearing pleas against Election Commission of India concerning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

A plea challenges the manner in which the ECI is functioning, alleging that powers vested in the poll panel as a multi-member constitutional body are being exercised without following the collective decision-making mechanism mandated by law.

(Via ANI)

Delhi Jantar Mantar protest LIVE: Journalists detained, claims AISA's Neha Bora

Delhi Jantar Mantar protest LIVE: Journalists protesting against the alleged sexual harassment by Delhi Police personnel during protest at anti-CEC Jantar Mantar protest on Saturday have been detained at Delhi Cantt Police Station, said AISA's Neha Bora on Monday. She said a team of lawyer comrades are in touch with them.

Neha Bora has been attempting to lead the protests, that started on October 2, from Delhi's Jantar Mantar against Gyanesh Kumar. During the second day of the protest on Saturday, three women journalists accused police officers of sexually harassing them.

CJP news LIVE: Local DCP has suddenly gone on leave, says Dipke

CJP news LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke shared a cryptic X post on Monday saying the local DCP of his hometown has “suddenly gone on leave” and a “new DCP” has come.

“The local DCP of my hometown has suddenly gone on leave, and a new DCP has been brought in to take charge,” he said on X amid claims by CJP leadership of being informed by sources that the government is planning to arrest them before October 10.

The CJP has planned a protest on October 10 in Delhi against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Delhi protests LIVE: ‘Gyanu more valuable to this regime than citizens of this country’, says CJP's Abhijeet Dipke

Delhi protests LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Monday that the chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is “more valuable to this regime than the citizens of this country.”

“Gyanu is more valuable to this regime than the citizens of this country. Because to stay in power, they don't need you or your vote. They just need Gyanu. And that is exactly why Gyanu must go!" Dipke said on X.

Delhi protests LIVE: CJP's Abhijeet Dipke says not afraid of threat of arrest under UAPA, NSA

Delhi protests LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday said the threats of getting arrested under UAPA or NSA won't scare him into silence.

His statement came in response to CJP spokespersons' claim that the government is planning to arrest the three - Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka - before the October 10 protest against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

“If the Govt believes that the threat of UAPA, NSA or years behind bars will scare us into silence, it won’t. We are prepared to face whatever comes our way and, if necessary, spend months or years in jail, but we will not back off from our fight to save democracy,” Dipke said on X.

“We follow the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi, and we will continue to resist peacefully and non-violently, no matter how much the State tries to intimidate us,” he said.

Delhi protests LIVE: Cops deployed at Jantar Jantar without name tags as ‘deliberate measure’

Delhi protests LIVE: Police deployed at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls did not wear name tags as a “deliberate measure” to prevent them from being targeted and identified on social media, officials aware of the matter said. The measure was adopted because personnel were targeted on social media following the July 20 violence during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) march, they added.

The CJP called the march after weeks of protests and a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar. Thousands of demonstrators attempted to march to Parliament demanding the resignation of the then Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over examination paper leaks. Police used tear gas and baton-charged to disperse the crowd as protesters attempted to breach multiple layers of barricades. Videos circulating on social media appeared to show several protesters being beaten. The Delhi Police maintained that force became necessary after demonstrators turned violent. Read full report here

CJP protest LIVE: ‘I, Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das will be arrested,’ says CJP's Ashutosh Ranka

CJP protest LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said multiple sources have reached out informing that outfit founder Abhijeet Dipke and spokesperson Saurav Das along with he himself will be arrested anytime before October 10 under NSA or other equivalent provisions. Saurav Das also claimed the same in a post on X on Sunday.

“All three of us have been ready to go to Jail since June 6. There is no fear about it. But the ones hell bent on destroying this country should be the ones frightened. And they are. As Gandhi said, “violence and hatred stem from fear”. The govt is frightened, and that’s why it is resorting to violence,” Ranka wrote on X.

The CJP has announced a protest in Delhi on October 10 against chief electionc commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

We are 30 year olds fighting for a better, more accountable India, Ranka said, adding that they have “nothing to lose”.

“You can arrest us, beat us, even kill us. But you cannot stop us,” he said.

“अगर मार भी दिया तो हमारी चिता से निकलने वाली आग तुम्हारे महलों को पिघला देगी।,” he wrote.

Anti-Gyanesh Kumar protest LIVE: What happened on Day 3 of protest at Jantar Mantar

Anti-Gyanesh Kumar protest LIVE: Security officials and protesters clashed for at least three hours in central Delhi on Sunday, the third consecutive day of protests against chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. Over 120 people were briefly detained as police reiteratedthat no permissionshad been given for the demonstrations. While protesters alleged that they had been manhandled, police said they used minimum force.

Delhi Police deployed around 5,000 personnel, including those from the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and other paramilitary forces, ahead of protest marches from India Gate to Jantar Mantar. Prohibitory orders under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) have been in force since July. Read full report here

Protest news LIVE: Women journalists accuse cops of sexual harassent during protest against Gyanesh Kumar

Protest news LIVE: Three women journalists have accused police officers of sexual harassment during the protest against the Election Commission (EC) at Jantar Mantar on Saturday and their complaints have been forwarded to the crime branch for a detailed probe, the police said on Sunday.

In a post on X, the Delhi Police said: “On October 3, during the protest in New Delhi area, while being in law and order situation, allegations of sexual harassment were made by three female journalists against police officers. The New Delhi district has received their complaints and the same are transferred to crime branch for fair and impartial enquiry.”

The three women journalists said officers, deployed on the spot, inappropriately touched them as they were covering the protests. The number of officer nor their identities have been shared so far.

On Saturday evening, several independent journalists and social media influencers staged a protest outside Parliament Street police station, seeking registration of First Information Reports (FIRs) against the officers. On Sunday also, people reached there and demanded FIRs. Read full report here

Anti-Gyanesh Kumar protests LIVE: Protest outside Police Station in Delhi over journalists' accusation on cops

Anti-Gyanesh Kumar protests LIVE: Police on Monday detained protesters protesting outside Parliament Street Police Station against an alleged incident of misconduct by a police personnel with a woman.

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