Slamming the Election Commission of India, the High Court observed that “administrative software systems and IT glitches cannot supersede statutory laws.” In a petition filed by St Cruz resident Paresh Salgaonkar and five members of his family, challenging the non-inclusion of their names in the electoral roll following the SIR, the High Court observed that voters cannot be stripped of their rights or forced to undergo unfamiliar legal procedures, such as applying as first-time voters, simply because a computer system is temporarily frozen