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Supreme Court reprimands ECI, says- excuses will not work: provide video recording of counting; matter of defeat by 201 votes in 2023 Karnataka elections
Supreme Court reprimands ECI over missing Karnataka assembly election counting video records. Latest Updates. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court reprimanded the Election Commission for the unavailability of the video recording of the vote counting held in 2023 for the Sringeri assembly seat in Karnataka. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Sanjiv Sachdeva told the ECI, how can the Election Commission say that its record is lost?
Explanation in simple terms
- What:
- The Supreme Court ordered the Election Commission to submit video footage of a vote counting process.
- Who:
- The Supreme Court is the judge, the Election Commission of India is the election regulator, and a candidate who lost by a small margin is the petitioner.
- When:
- Reported on 14 Oct 2026.
- Where:
- Karnataka, Supreme Court of India.
- Why:
- The court rejected excuses from election officials regarding a narrow loss involving two hundred and one votes.
- What it means:
- The Election Commission must now provide the requested video records to the court for review.
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