Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today said
that the Election Commission should reconsider the rule which
allows use of ration card as identity proof for voters.
"The High Court observed in the course of hearing that EC
should perhaps consider whether ration cards should be allowed
as proof, considering the present case," said advocate P M
Pradhan, petitioner`s lawyer in the case.
The division bench led by Justice P B Majumdar also gave
the state CID four weeks for further probe in Navi Mumbai
bogus ration card racket, in which a Nationalist Congress
Party worker is an accused.
Petitioner Shirish Gharat, a Shiv Sena worker from Navi
Mumbai, had moved the court alleging that police were not
conducting proper probe in the case, despite Gharat`s
unearthing the racket.
He had alleged that NCP workers procured fake ration
cards to facilitate bogus voting in the April polls.
In 2009 Lok Sabha polls, state election commission had
allowed the use of ration cards as an identity proof at voting
booth.
Later, finding the probe unsatisfactory, High Court had
transferred the probe to CID.
The hearing has been adjourned for four weeks.
PTI
