👉 ASG: There is a Class 1 gazetted officer. We will pass an order saying that they will be fully responsible for COVID guidelines. CCTV cameras are also present.

👉Bench: That will be preserved.

👉ASG: Yes, it will be preserved till the end.


👉 Bench: It is stated across the bar that strict curfew will be imposed in areas that will be identified by the concerned authorities in and around counting centres to ensure that only authorised representatives will be able to visit counting centres.

👉Bench: We also place on record undertaking given by the Counsel that CCTV recording will be done centre-wise and the footage will be preserved and given in the petition pending before HC.


👉Bench: SEC has agreed to notify the names of persons who will be in charge of concerned counting centre. Candidates contesting elections and those interested giving suggestions for improvising the facilities in and around the counting centres can be made.

👉Bench: Any other condition ?

Alam: When your Lordships say that candidates or agents, every person should have RTPCR tests. Even the government employees.


👉मतगणना होगी: सुप्रीम कोर्ट

Bench records the same. “We dispose of the petition. It is open to the parties to make applications before the HC from time to time”.