Petitions Challenging Special Intensive Revision: Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is hearing the petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls announced by the Election Commisison of India for various States. The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi is hearing the arguments of the petitioners that the ECI has no power under the Representation of the People Act to conduct the SIR in the...
The Supreme Court is hearing the petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls announced by the Election Commisison of India for various States.
The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi is hearing the arguments of the petitioners that the ECI has no power under the Representation of the People Act to conduct the SIR in the present manner.
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Matter will now be heard on Tuesday.
SC : also examine S.22
CJI: interpretation of 21 and proviso can be different, the exercise of power can be wrong, at the moment we donot want to test what they have done, we want to interpret the provision individually
Singhvi submits that as per the ROPA, any constituency does not mean all
Singhvi: ROPA is not excluding an assessment of citizenship
Singhvi: mylords are being asked to makes a mockery of the law by the ECI, by saying that please ignore this
Singhvi: parliamentary intent is clearly being subverted because of this, for so many years since independence it was not done
Singhvi: it takes away individual application of mind
Singhvi: Parliament did not intend to vest in persona grata- ECI the power to have it en mass
CJI: the law under 327 will be in furtherance of the purpose of 324
bench discusses