New Delhi: Lawyers empanelled with the Election Commission of India (ECI) will now defend India’s poll panel not just inside the court but outside as well.

Summoned for a meeting with the ECI chief last week, the lawyers were told to become proactive on social media platforms to justify the commission’s decisions, such as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise to update the electoral rolls.

Lawyers who attended the meeting confirmed to ThePrint that the commission head himself addressed them, asking the lawyers to help the poll body counter the criticism mounted by opposition parties as well as the public. While some lawyers were physically present for the meeting, a few joined online. Show Full Article

The advocates were told that the numbers of some of them would be shared wit

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