Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to issue an interim order on a plea by the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The plea sought directives for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to release the final authenticated voter turnout data, including the number of votes cast at each polling station, within 48 hours of polling in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections. A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma said it cannot issue any such directions at the moment as five phases of polling have concluded and two remain. The bench also said that it would be difficult for the poll panel to mobilise manpower.
