Election Commission moves Madras High Court, requests stoppage of media reporting of oral observations

The Election Commission on Friday moved to Madras High Court and requested it to restrain the media from reporting on oral observations. The EC’s request comes days after the court remarked that officials might be booked murder charges for failing to ensure compliance of Covid-19 protocol during election rallies.

The EC in its petition said that it was aggrieved with media reports of the Madras High Court’s oral observations that the poll body is singularly responsible for the Covid-19 situation prevalent today and that the Election Commission should face murder charges.

The poll body said these reports have tarnished the image of the Election Commission of India as an independent constitutional agency that is entrusted with the constitutional responsibility of conducting elections.

The Election Commission also said no one must be permitted to report on the proceedings of this Court that are not borne out by the record, especially when the detailed order is made available by the Court.

The Madras High Court on Monday had said the Election Commission is singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid-19. The EC officials should be booked on murder charges probably. The Court asked if the the poll body was on another planet when the election rallies were held.

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