SC Asks ECI To Check Whether Voting Time Can Be Preponed To 5am During Ramzan [Read Petition]

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2 May 2019 11:22 AM IST

  • SC Asks ECI To Check Whether Voting Time Can Be Preponed To 5am During Ramzan [Read Petition]

    "In this intense heat, it will be very difficult for Muslim voters to queue up at the polling booths during the day in the intense heat to exercise their franchise", the petitioners stated in PIL

    The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission of India to pass necessary orders in a representation which sought voting time to be preponed from 7 am to 5 am in the rest of the phases of General Elections scheduled during Ramzan month. The bench passed this order in a Public Interest Litigation filed by two lawyers seeking extension of polling hours during the 5th, 6th and 7th phases...

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