Bengal tribunal judges reported severe technical flaws in ECI portal?

Tribunal judges reported that the Election Commission's ECINET portal failed to function properly, preventing notice serving, uploading documents, conducting virtual hearings, restoring deleted voters, and downloading orders.

"At least 12 of 19 judges heading tribunals set up in West Bengal to review appeals during the Special Intensive Review (SIR) of voter lists complained in August about the ECINET portal, saying it failed to work as intended." The Wire, 2026-10-07

A tribunal judge noted that Election Commission sources provided inaccurate disposal figures to the press to conceal the failure to establish a proper system for serving notices.

"दुर्भाग्य से ‘चुनाव आयोग के सूत्रों’ के जरिए निपटारे की संख्या पर प्रेस को गलत आंकड़े दिए जा रहे हैं. इससे ये बात दबाई जा रही है कि ECI अपील की सुनवाई के लिए पक्षों को नोटिस जारी करने की सही व्यवस्था नहीं बना पाया है." Indian Express, 2026-10-06