The delegation, which includes former Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung and ex‑Union home secretary G.K. Pillai, set out from Ashoka Road at 4 pm to deliver a chargesheet and removal notice.
The notice follows allegations that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls—an effort to remove duplicate entries—was mishandled, prompting objections from commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
The Supreme Court issued a notice to the ECI, Gyanesh Kumar, and the two commissioners after a petition demanding Kumar’s suspension over the SIR row. It declined an immediate suspension, instead choosing to examine the Commission’s response and the relevant records before deciding whether the contested decisions can stand.
Earlier this year, opposition MPs presented removal notices in both Houses—130 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 63 in the Rajya Sabha—yet the presiding officers dismissed them, citing the need for proof of misbehaviour or incapacity under Article 324.
For voters like 54‑year‑old Ramesh from Delhi’s Shahdara, the SIR issue has meant waiting days for their name to be cleared from the roll, a frustration that echoed across the city.
The next step will be the Supreme Court’s review of the Election Commission’s response, with the possibility of a formal hearing on whether the contested decisions were unanimous.