New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed FIRs filed against psephologist Sanjay Kumar in a case concerning the wrong claims made by him over the election data of the State of Maharashtra.

A bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice NV Anjaria made the aforesaid decision after the counsel appearing for Kumar submitted that his client is a respected figure with 30 years of service and integrity, who made a mistake, publicly apologised and deleted the wrong content. The bench also issued notice to the respondent State of Maharashtra, seeking their response to Kumar's plea.

On August 17, Kumar, in a post on X, claimed that there are increases and decreases in the number of voters in specific constitu...