West Bengal SIR : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK
10 March 2026 12:06 PM IST
The Supreme Court is hear today a batch of petitions related to West Benga lSIR, including WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plea raising issues inter-alia about characterization of voters in the 'logical discrepancy' list
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice R Mahadevan is hearing the matter.
Two fresh petitions filed by persons from West Bengal, against their exclusion from the voters' list after the SIR process, also listed before the bench.
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Live Updates
- 10 March 2026 12:16 PM IST
Banerjee: Last order, please see
CJI: We will issue contempt notice (over the application). We must respond in the language they want
Guruswamy: Please don't penalize all these mapped voters
J Bagchi: If we wanted to penalize, we would not have gone into this enormous exercise. Dragging in officers from neighboring states. Final list has already been published. Proviso to S.23 will perhaps not come to your aid, but we will come to your aid and permit add-ons
Guruswamy: As per ongoing speed, exercise may not be completed in time
J Bagchi: We will take a call
Banerjee: Supplementary list should be published. I must know reasons for rejection.
- 10 March 2026 12:13 PM IST
Guruswamy: We are not questioning JOs
CJI: You don't know the story...this is absolutely premature
Guruswamy: I am not on the application
CJI: One petitioner has filed the application
Guruswamy: We don't know who. Not us. I am on this - JOs have 50 lakh cases broadly. 47 lakhs are mapped. These are genuine bonafide voters.
CJI: Those who are genuine will be included. Judicial officers are doing the exercise.
- 10 March 2026 12:13 PM IST
Guruswamy: About 7 lakh cases have been processed by judicial officers. Total is 63 lakhs. 57 odd lakhs remain
CJI: Now this game begins...52 lakhs were total...premature petition...Chief Justice has informed today 10 lakhs have been done...as far as you people are concerned, wait and watch. Advance petitions send wrong signal that you don't have faith in system. How petitioners dare to file the application...? daring to question judicial officers. I AM ISSUING A STERN WARNING
Guruswamy: We have not done so, shocking to question judicial officers.