ECI Cannot Rely Upon Article 324 To Justify SIR When RP Act Does Not Recognise Present Process : Petitioners To Supreme Court

In the petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being carried out by the Election Commission of India, the petitioners told the Supreme Court today that the ECI does not have the powers under the Representation of the People's Act, 1950, to carry out the SIR in the present manner.Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued that the...