The Supreme Court said the Logical Discrepancy category was permitted in West Bengal only as an interim arrangement and its legality is yet to be decided, while hearing the Delhi SIR challenge.
Why should a voter already on the 2026 roll file a form meant for first-time voters? That is what the Supreme Court asked about Form 6 in Delhi SIR, giving the Election Commission of India two weeks to report back. New Delhi: Persons who could not fill up enumeration forms during the Special Intensive Revision […]
Should the Election Commission’s own working be examined from outside? A Supreme Court PIL seeks former CJI-led expert committee scrutiny of the Commission’s functioning and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, resting on written objections by two Election Commissioners, at least 14 in ten months according to a media report; the contentions are […]
“Nobody has been illegally detained,” the Advocate General told the Bombay High Court, which has nevertheless asked the State to respond to petitions alleging illegal Mumbai Police detentions during the October 10 and 11 anti-CEC protests. Mumbai: On Monday the Bombay High Court told the State of Maharashtra to respond to petitions alleging that individuals […]
Delhi High Court lets SIR-deleted voters apply through Form 6, with the Bench calling a petitioner’s fear of a false-declaration charge misplaced because the suggestion to file the form came from the Election Commission’s counsel, acting on the Electoral Registration Officer’s instructions. New Delhi: Two voters whose names were struck off the Delhi electoral rolls […]
