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Do you know that the Indian Supreme Court,

by invoking Article 142 had issued a mandatory order on April 13,

2026 and that the Election Commission of India did not comply with it?

This is a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s

order and this primes the Election Commission of India for contempt of court.

The order was:“ Such appellate orders shall be given effect to by issuing a

supplementary revised electoral roll.”

It was by a bench of CJI Suryakant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. And now look,

Justice T. S. Sivagnanam alone cleared 1,777 in 23 days and did not reject even one.

But the ECI added only 136 voters to the electoral roll for the 2026 West

Bengal poll.

That is, a single retired judge processed 13 times more appeals than ECI’s

19- tribunal machinery. But the ECI did not operationalize them.

This is direct contempt of court,

of the Supreme Court order that they had given under Article 142.

Senior advocate Kalyan Bandyopadhyay himself stated this exact number in court,

139 out of 27 lakhs. And the court had then invoked Article 142.

But the ECI either willfully ignored it or failed logistically.

Now on Monday, 11 May 2026, before the same bench, in the same case,

Moshtari Banu versus Election Commission of India is listed.

On the petitioner’s side there is a dream team: Sibal, Singhvi, Shyam Divan,

Menaka Guruswamy, Prashant Bhushan, Kalyan Banerjee, Bikash Bhattacharya,

Gopal Sankaranarayanan, a very strong team.

On the Centre’s side are Attorney General Venkataramani and

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

The court has three options before it. First,

contempt of court under Article 129 against the Election Commission of India.

Second, a modified Article 142 direction.

Third, an independent expert committee that could be formed under Justice

Joymalya Bagchi. Justice Bagchi himself had said on April 13,

" If ten percent of the electorate could not vote and the margin is more

than ten percent, we would definitely have to apply our minds." And according to

one report, in 49 seats the UA,

meaning the under adjudication voters,

were more than the winning margin. On May 11, the court will apply— will

apply our minds.