#electoral roll deletion

The Gauhati High Court has ruled that voters deleted from electoral rolls cannot bypass statutory remedies under Section 23 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 by directly approaching the High Court under Article 226 - even when elections are days away. This reinforces the principle that administrative纠错 mechanisms must be exhausted before constitutional remedies are invoked, affecting millions of voters in Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh who rely on electoral roll corrections.

The Gauhati High Court has ruled that removing voters from electoral rolls without giving them a prior opportunity to be heard violates the principles of natural justice under Section 22 of the Representation of the People Act. Authorities must now complete inclusion proceedings within 14 days and communicate all decisions in writing, safeguarding millions of citizens from arbitrary disenfranchisement.