Petitions Challenging Special Intensive Revision : Live Updates From Supreme Court

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26 Nov 2025 2:38 PM IST

  • 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.

    Follow the live updates herei.

    Live Updates

    • 26 Nov 2025 2:44 PM IST

      Sibal: Any exclusionary exercise post-independence is contrary to inclusionary aim. Why should I give enumeration form? It's ECI's job. Don't you think there are millions of illiterate people in India? They are asked to fill enumeration form. If they don't fill, their name will not be there in the voters' list. These are real constitutional issues. You want to delete my name? Delete it. But for reason.

    • 26 Nov 2025 2:41 PM IST

      Sibal commences arguments: What you decide will decide fate of democracy in India. Look back pre-independence. What was our fight about. not just political independence, it was about equality, universal suffrage. ECI played imp role.

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