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Plea against poll survey dismissed

Legal Correspondent

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging The Hindu-CNN-IBN Poll for the Kerala Assembly elections.

A Bench consisting of Justices Ruma Pal and A.K. Mathur asked petitioner Benedict Bobby to file an application for impleading himself in the main case pending before another Bench.

A businessman and voter in Kerala, Mr. Bobby said poll surveys published and telecast in the print and electronic media confused the people in the run-up to the polls.

Describing the survey as unscientific, he said it was conducted even before a clear picture of the elections emerged among the voters.

Contending that the publication of opinion and exit polls constituted an offence under the Representation of the People Act, he sought a direction to the Election Commission to enforce the guidelines on their publication and telecast.

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