India, Oct. 10 -- A voter in India can no longer be dragged into a deletion hearing because somebody else filed a stack of objections against names on the roll.

Amid reports of people filing forms in bulk to remove electors from voters' lists, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday set limits on how many such objections individuals can submit. The ECI has prescribed limits on the number of Form 7 applications an individual elector can file to object to the inclusion of names or seek deletion of names from electoral rolls. During the claims and objections period, an individual elector can file a maximum of 10 Form 7 applications throughout the entire period.

In a letter dated October 9, the Commission told the Chief Electoral O...