New Delhi: An explainer put up by LiveLaw on Instagram on the Election Commission of India’s (ECI’s) affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday, October 26, has inexplicably been removed.
LiveLaw, a portal that covers news updates, analysis, and reports on court proceedings, judgments, and legal developments from the Supreme Court and High Courts in the country, shared this development on its X handle on Tuesday, October 27.
It said, “The reel, which was only an explanation of the ECI’s version, was removed by Instagram, saying, ‘We received a legal request to restrict this content.’”
It goes on to say that the same explainer is still available on YouTube.
The 5-minute video on YouTube has a reporter explaining what the ECI’s affidavit in the Supreme Court said regarding the alleged irregularities in its functioning as well as the alleged amendment in Form 6.
It says the affidavit is in response to a petition in the Supreme Court over an expose by The Indian Express claiming that 14 important decisions were taken in which the two Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, were not in agreement with CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
The video then goes on to explain the ECI’s affidavit in points: that no decision was taken unilaterally; that notes or suggestions made on a file are not final decisions; and finally, that Form 6 was not amended, the declaration that applicants need to fill does not constitute a change to it.
Similarly, the video shares how the ECI has said that the petition depended solely on a media report. It said the ECI may file a detailed reply later.
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Source: The Siasat Daily
