The Supreme Court on Friday refused an NGO's plea to issue the
Election Commission directions to upload polling station-wise voter turnout
data on its website during the Lok Sabha polls, saying it would be difficult
for the poll panel to to mobilise manpower.
A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra
Sharma said it cannot issue any such directions at the moment as five phases of
polling have concluded and two remain.
The top court adjourned the
interlocutory application filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
to be listed before the regular bench after the elections and pointed out that
prima facie it appears the prayers in the application are similar to the main
petition pending since 2019 on the issue.
The bench said it would be difficult for the poll panel to
mobilise manpower for uploading the voter turnout data on its website.
Granting any relief in IA will amount to granting relief in the
main petition which is pending, the bench said.