Petition asks Supreme Court to allow probe of election commissioner
A plea before the Supreme Court argues that the Chief Election Commissioner may be investigated and tried as an ordinary accused if alleged forgery or manipulation of electoral records occurred while he was performing official duties.
A petition filed in the Supreme Court has argued that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar can be investigated and tried as an “ordinary accused” over alleged misconduct involving the electoral process. The petition contends that certain acts cannot be protected as official functions. It specifically refers to the alleged intentional manipulation of records, forgery and subversion of the constitutional electoral process.
“Intentionally manipulating records, committing forgery, or subverting the constitutional electoral process in the course of discharging official duties can under no circumstances be treated as an integral part of those duties,” the petition said, according to The Hindu. The supplied material does not identify the petitioner, the precise allegations against Kumar, or the relief sought beyond the argument that he should be open to investigation and trial in the circumstances described. It also does not state whether the Supreme Court has issued notice, heard the petition or made any ruling.
The claims in the plea have not been independently established in the available material.
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