West Bengal SIR | Justice Bagchi Expresses Reservations About ECI Software, Says Notice Sent Over Omission Of Middlename

Debby Jain

9 Feb 2026 7:44 PM IST

  • West Bengal SIR | Justice Bagchi Expresses Reservations About ECI Software, Says Notice Sent Over Omission Of Middlename

    "Due to the application of the software, there may be a much wider net to which notices are going," said Justice Bagchi.

    In the West Bengal SIR matter, Justice Joymalya Bagchi of the Supreme Court today noted that the software being used by the Election Commission in the SIR process is causing notices to be sent to many voters over minor mismatches in names.He cited instances of people getting notices over omission of 'Kumar' from their names, which is often the middle name in case of Bengal residents."The...

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