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The Supreme Court will hear next week a public interest litigation
seeking a ban on telecast and publication of exit polls till the
final phase of polling was over on May 10, United News of India
reported today.
Filed by advocate D K Thakur, a bench of JusticesR C Lahoti and
Ashok Bhan fixed 26 April as the date of hearing when the petitioner
sought an early date of hearing. The petitioner had contended that
exit polls amount to an interference with the process of free and
fair elections.
Dissemination of such results of opinion and exit polls receive
wide publicity on the eve of elections and have a deleterious effect
and influence on the electors when they are in the process of making
their mind to exercise their franchise, the petitioner said, UNI
reports.
It is also well known that the results of such polls have always
been wide off the mark, the petitioner added.
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