❖ The Supreme Court declined Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)'s request to direct the Election Commission (EC) to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

❖ It stated that there is no legal mandate to provide Form 17C to any person other than the candidate or their agent.

❖ The Form 17C from the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, records a multitude of data,

o Electors assigned to each booth

o Number of registered voters in the area o Number of voters who decided not to vote

o Number of voters not allowed to vote o Number of votes recorded (data from the EVM) o If the number of votes recorded is equal to number of voters minus those who did not voteo Data about ballot papers (received, issued, and not used/returned)

o Data about paper seals (numbers issued/used/returned).