Synopsis: The petitioner claimed that he had independently verified Gandhi’s allegation of ‘vote theft’ in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment and found sufficient prima facie material to establish that the allegations reveal a systemic attempt to dilute and distort the value of lawful votes, thereby necessitating urgent intervention by the court.

The Supreme Court on Monday, 13 October, dismissed a petition that sought the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a former judge, to probe Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s allegations regarding large-scale voter list manipulation in the Bengaluru Central constituency during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi told the petitioner, Advocate Rohit Pandey, to pursue the

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