West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may attend the Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday in cases challenging the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. The petitions allege arbitrariness and warn that the exercise could lead to mass voter disenfranchisement.
Uttarakhand High Court exposes serious misconduct by election officers in rejecting valid panchayat nominations. The court calls the act a “threat to democracy” and orders urgent corrective action.
