New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged unilateral decision-making in the Election Commission of India (ECI), including changes to Form 6, "centralisation of electoral-roll data through ECINet" and actions allegedly resulting in exclusion of eligible voters.

The plea also names Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg, DG-IT Seema Khanna and other officials for alleged breaches of official duty.

The plea refers to an Indian Express report published on September 23, which, according to the petitioner, brought out documentary records showing that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded writ...