The Bombay High Court will hear petitions alleging arbitrary voter exclusions in the Maharashtra SIR on December 1, after the Election Commission sought deferral citing a Supreme Court order to keep such High Court writ proceedings in abeyance.
Noting that a Form 7 application does not by itself lead to deletion of a voter, a Belagavi Sessions Court has granted anticipatory bail to BJP leader Dr Ravi Basalingappagowda Patil, booked over an alleged attempt to remove 198 voters from the rolls during the SIR. Belagavi: A Sessions Court in Belagavi has granted pre-arrest […]
The Telangana High Court has asked the Election Commission of India why a petitioner was excluded from the electoral roll without notice and what decision followed the response of another, in a challenge to the AI-assisted Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) […]
The Bombay High Court at Goa has asked the Election Commission why its software rejects Form 8 address-change applications outright during the Special Intensive Revision, on a plea by the Salgaonkar family whose names were dropped from the draft roll. The ECI says the family never filed enumeration forms and had a remedy under Form 6.
The Lawyers’ Association for Constitution has constituted a five-member commission of former judges chaired by Justice Madan B. Lokur to examine the constitutional validity, methodology and impact of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with public hearings planned and a report targeted for December 2026.
The BJP criticised the INDIA alliance for writing to Chief Justice Surya Kant over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi alleged the Opposition was spreading misinformation, creating fear about elections, and attempting to undermine democratic institutions.
The Supreme Court allowed a petitioner to approach the Calcutta High Court over allegations that names excluded from West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls were being removed from ration lists. The Bench permitted withdrawal of the petition and granted liberty for further legal action.