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Supreme Court to hear pleas on CEC Gyanesh Kumar's suspension

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LATEST · 5 Oct, 09:25 IST

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The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear on Monday, October 5, a batch of pleas seeking the suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Hindustan Times and The Hindu reported.¹² A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was scheduled to hear the pleas filed by Rakesh Kumar Singh and advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi, according to Hindustan Times and The Hindu.¹²

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5 Oct
09:25

A second, independent outlet carries it

The Hindu · Outlet · now Reported

4 Oct
20:29

First reported

Hindustan Times · Outlet

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Reported in coverage, but we could not match these to a source document. They are not part of the story above.

The PIL filed by Rakesh Kumar Singh has urged the Supreme Court to determine whether CEC Kumar has been individually exercising powers which legally belong to the poll body as a whole.
Police detained nearly 500 people during protests in New Delhi on Sunday (October 4, 2026).
Protests seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the suspension of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls entered their third day on Sunday (October 4, 2026).

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Outlet · 5 Oct

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