Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The petition comes amid the Congress-led Opposition's protests against the SIR exercise and seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the alleged irregularities in the voters' roll revision.

Ahead of filing the petition, Gandhi, along with Congress and other Opposition leaders, led a march towards the Supreme Court on Monday (October 12).

The development comes a day after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant declined Gandhi's request for an appointment to discuss issues relating to the SIR exercise and the functioning of the Election Commission.

Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, had sought a meeting with the CJI to submit a memorandum raising concerns over the SIR process and demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The CJI declined the request, stating that the issues sought to be raised were already pending before the Supreme Court. He also conveyed that the Court could not interfere with the functioning of the government on its administrative side, while clarifying that the leaders were free to approach the Court on its judicial side for appropriate relief.

Similar matters concerning the SIR exercise are scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The CJI had indicated that any petition filed by the Opposition leaders could also be considered along with the pending matters.

Further details of the prayers and grounds raised in Gandhi's writ petition are awaited.

The petition has been filed through AoR S Prasanna

Case : Rahul Gandhi v. Election Commission of India Diary No. 64196/2026