A West Bengal woman was granted major relief as the Supreme Court ordered that her appeal be heard early so that she could vote in the upcoming elections after her name was struck off the list.
The reason given was that Manowara Khatun, 56, had a valid passport since 2015 and had her name in the 2002 electors list. She had also voted in all the elections since then.
According to her advocated Ranjeeta Rohatgi is a reputed businessperson. Rohatgi said Khatun’s name was removed from the voter's list after the Special intensive revisions.
The bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Begchi, requested that the
“The petitioner has already approached the Appellate Tribunal on April 3, being aggrieved by her exclusion [after the SIR process. We request the Appellate Tribunal to accord an out-of-turn hearing to the petitioner’s appeal at the earliest.”
Senior advocate Shadan Farasat, who also appeared for Khatun, said that the she had a passport, her name in the 2002 voters list and voted in all the elections. Khatun filed the appeal on April 3, but still didn't get a hearing.
In her petitions, Khatun said that she is associated with various corporate entities and is a director in Reliable FMS private Limited, Sanchit Vindhya private limited and a Partner of Sanchit Vinimay LLP.
She said she had been wrongfully deleted or excluded from the electoral roll published on 27.03.2026 in spite of fulfilling all the criteria and the petitioner being a regular voter since 2002, having her name in the 2002 electoral roll and a valid Indian passport since 2015.”
She urged that her name be restored to the electoral roll of the Satgachhia Assembly constituency No. 145 for the upcoming elections.
