The case concerning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, in which the CM argued, was heard by a Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi.
Addressing the Court herself, Banerjee questioned the manner in which the revision exercise was being carried out. The CM was in full form, at one point referring to the Election Commission as a “WhatsApp Commission”, alleging that directions were being issued by the poll body informally through WhatsApp. She told the Bench that the process appeared to focus on deletion of names rather than inclusion and said that genuine voters were being removed…