The Supreme Court said issues in West Bengal’s SIR voter list revision are mostly administrative and should be handled by the Calcutta High Court. The Court will consider extending the electoral roll freeze date; next hearing on April 1.
The Supreme Court, hearing Mamata Banerjee’s plea against the Election Commission’s SIR exercise, expressed concern over a “blame game” and lack of cooperation between the State and ECI. The Bench hinted at appointing judicial officers to resolve the impasse in the sensitive voter revision process.
The Supreme Court refused to hear a plea challenging the ‘logical discrepancy’ category in West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The Court directed the petitioner to approach the Election Commission instead of invoking Article 32 jurisdiction.
