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,
Electors assigned to each booth
Number of registered voters in the area
Number of voters who decided not to vote
Number of voters not allowed to vote
Number of votes recorded (data from the EVM)
If the number of votes recorded is equal to number of voters minus those who did not vote
Data about ballot papers (received, issued, and not used/returned)
Data about paper seals (numbers issued/used/returned).