New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday remained procedures on 2 FIRs lodged by Maharashtra Police versus psephologist Sanjay Kumar, who triggered a political slugfest by his Aug 17 social networks posts declaring irregular boost or reduce in citizens in state constituencies however a day later on erased them with an apology.Offering a long description of his qualifications as a “reputed and respected intellectual”and his books, studies and research study forming the understanding of scholars, reporters and policymakers about India’s democracy, Kumar stated he had actually submitted 2 posts on social networks platform X exposing boost and reduce in variety of citizens in particular constituencies based upon research study performed by his partners.
Psephologist Sanjay Kumar Deletes Post Claiming Voter Decline in Maharashtra
His counsel discussed to a bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice N V Anjaria that “due to a technical error on the part of an associate, the rows of data in comparison were misarranged, thereby displaying the wrong increase/decrease in voter lists”which on ending up being mindful of the technical error, he erased his posts and published an apology discussing how the mistake sneaked in.The CJI-led bench remained more procedures on the 2 FIRs, keeping in mind the instant restorative steps taken by the psephologist, however stated, “Normally we would not have entertained such a petition.” Kumar has actually looked for quashing of the FIRs lodged versus him at Nashik and Nagpur by the Maharashtra Police.He stated in spite of his apology and genuine remorse in addition to a description about how the authentic error took place, Election Commission officers lodged 2 FIRs versus him under different arrangements of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
Kumar’s counsel stated the accommodations of FIRs “is a clear misuse of the process of law since the allegations made therein are baseless and the offences allegedly fail to be applicable to him given the facts of the case”He implicated the Maharashtra govt of “blatantly unleashing all its might to hinder his personal and professional life by hounding him with FIRs lodged across two cities and subjecting him to various other humiliation tactics despite an immediate apology issued by him for the inadvertent mistake”Calling accommodations of the 2 FIRs as “disproportionate aggression” by the State to target him, Kumar looked for quashing of not just the 2 however an omnibus order for quashing of all future FIRs which would be lodged throughout the nation versus him originating from the 2 erased social networks posts.