Nagpur, Oct. 27 -- The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Divisional Commissioner, who is also the returning officer, on a petition alleging large-scale omissions from the voter list for the Nagpur Division Graduates' Constituency.
The court issued the notices as vote counting for the constituency's election commenced on Tuesday.
A division bench comprising Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Raj Wakode directed the respondents to submit their replies by October 30.
The petition, filed by Sachin Kalbande, national president of the RTI Foundation, alleges that 98,782 eligible graduate voters were excluded from the final electoral roll for the Maharashtr...