Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday observed that allowing every individual to immediately submit voter enrolment applications upon turning 18 would burden authorities with verification work and “open the floodgates.”

Petition By 18-Year-Old

A bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla and Farhan Dubash said a person who has turned 18 would be included whenever the electoral roll is revised and directed the Electoral Registration Officer to decide within six weeks on the application of an 18-year-old woman seeking to be enrolled as a voter in Mumbai.

Case Background

Rupika Singh, who turned 18 in April this year, had approached the HC after her application for enrolment was rejected because the cut-off date for inclusion in the electoral roll in Maharashtra was October 1, 2024. The state as

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