Mamata Banerjee To Argue Plea Against WB SIR : Live Updates From Supreme Court
CJI: We were told list is not the only communication. There's also individual notice to persons
Sr Adv Dwivedi for ECI: All notices contain reasons. They were permitted to take authorized agents also
Diwan: We seek direction to ECI to withdraw all notices which pertain only to name mismatch.
Diwan: Family registers, aadhaar card, OBC certificates, etc. none of them being accepted by themselves. Despite court orders. We seek direction to ECI to upload reasons for each voter flagged as logical discrepancy category...pursuant to Court directions, please see what is being put up...notice just says DM - discrepancy in mapping. Reasons for discrepancy in mapping are not indicated
J Bagchi: When notice is given...
Diwan: There's a lag...some short reason should be indicated so people know why they are on that list.
CJI: Person should know - no difficulty in that. Question is by what mode.
Diwan: We have given a brief note, please see. No. of days left for final publication of electoral rolls - 11 days. No. of days left to complete hearings - 4 days. No. of voters characterized as unmapped - 32 lakhs...LD post draft roll-1.36 cr (20% of electorate)...no. of hearings since 16.12.2025 - 88 lakh hearings...rate of 1.8 lakh per day...no. of hearings pending - 63 lakhs approx...at this rate, speed of 15.5 lakhs per day required...no. of micro observers deputed without statutory basis - 8300.
Diwan refers to Court's last order issuing directions to ECI (regarding logical discrepancy category).
Mamata Banerjee has sought the following reliefs in the petition :
A.Set aside ECI's SIR notification of June 24, 2025 and October 27, 2025.
B. Direct ECI to conduct the forthcoming 18th Legislative Assembly elections in the State of West Bengal in the year 2026, on the basis of the existing Electoral Rolls, 2025
C. Direct ECI to issue written instructions to all DEOs, EROs, AEROs and BLOs that cases involving name mismatches / spelling variations falling under the "Logical Discrepancy" category shall not be called for hearing, and that all such name corrections may be carried out suo motu on the basis of available records
D.Direct ECI to upload all names of 'unmapped' and Logical Discrepancy cases online on the CEO and DEO websites
E. Direct ECI to withdraw all hearing notices already issued in the past under the 'Logical Discrepancy category where the only issue is a name mismatch or spelling variation, and intimate the concerned electors accordingly.
F. Direct the ECI to ensure that no voter marked under the Logical Discrepancy' category is deleted, and that while any anomalies may be duly rectified, no legitimate voter who has been successfully mapped to the 2002 electoral rolls and has submitted all requisite documents is disenfranchised
G. Direct ECI to accept Aadhar Cards as proof of identity especially in cases of 'Logical Discrepancy' without insisting on any other documents
H. Direct ECI to publish online names of all voters in respect of whom Form-7 has been received and to not allow any further bulk submission of Form-7
I. Direct ECI to allow ERO/AERO to dispose of the cases locally where inter-state documents pending with DEO for verification beyond 5 [five] days
J. Direct ECI to withdraw all Micro-Observers from the State of West Bengal
K. In the alternative to prayer (j) above, direct ECI to ensure that Micro-Observers do not exercise any statutory power such as participation in hearings/verification of work done by ERO/AERO in any manner whatsoever with immediate effect
L. Direct ECI to accept all documents issued by competent authorities of the State during the verification process
M. Direct ECI to follow the procedure for disposal of cases by local inquiry/field inquiry in terms of point 5(a) and 5(b) of ECI's order dated 24.06.2025 and make necessary changes to the ERO/AERO portal/application to facilitate the same;
N.All complainants submitting Form-7 be directed to remain present at the time of hearing;
Mamata Banerjee has sought urgent directions to stop the deletion of voters’ names from the rolls.
In an interlocutory application filed last night, Banerjee pointed out that more than 60 lakh hearings are still pending, with the final list scheduled to be published on February 14.