India, Oct. 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) for blaming "software glitches" and sought an explanation for how "software can override the law," after the names of seven members of a family were deleted from electoral rolls after the special intensive revision (SIR) for allegedly having "shifted," despite their valid submission of Form 8.

Hearing the matter, the court said a name cannot be deleted from the rolls without affording a hearing to the affected party.

"Show us from the Act. what empowers you to delete without a hearing?" the bench of justices Amit Jamsandekar and Valmiki Menezes said.

Paresh Salgaoncar moved the high court after securing orders in his favour at the leve...