42 former judges defend ECI, slam ‘calculated campaign’ driven by ‘vested political interests’

The former judges also defended the Election Commission of India’s role in revising electoral rolls, saying the exercise was intended to support accurate voter lists and free and fair elections. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Over 40 former Supreme Court and High Court judges have raised concerns over a “calculated campaign driven by vested political interests, with little regard for the potentially devastating consequences of destabilising the world’s largest democracy”.

“A party that governed this nation for over five decades now claims that the very system which elected it is rigged. It does not act alone. Activist outfits with a long record of selective litigation lend these claims a veneer of legality,” said 42 former judges in an open letter, without naming the party.

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