The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that Appellate Tribunals comprising former High Court Chief Justices and former High Court Judges be constituted to hear appeals against exclusions in the West Bengal Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, after concerns were raised about the absence of an independent appellate mechanism. This follows the earlier directions of the … Read more
The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday started publishing the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal in phases, as officials put up hard copies of the list in some districts such as Bankura. Till reports last received, the list was yet to be made available online on the designated EC portals and mobile app. No clarity … Read more
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The Supreme Court today refused to entertain the writ petition challenging the ‘logical discrepancy’ category in the West Bengal SIR. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi was hearing the plea. At the outset, the CJI declined to entertain the plea on the basis of the limitation of Article … Read more
The Election Commission has filed a counter-affidavit before the Supreme Court raising concerns about alleged incidents of violence, intimidation and obstruction of election officials performing duties in the Special Intensive Revision process for West Bengal. The ECI has alleged reluctance on the part of state machinery to address threats against election officials and/or register FIRs … Read more
In an affidavit, the poll body has alleged that while the enumeration phase of the SIR proceeded “seamlessly and without incident” in other States, West Bengal saw numerous occurrences of violence, intimidation and obstruction against election officials involved in the exercise. Further, the ECI has also claimed that the sanctity of 2025 electoral rolls is … Read more
The application further asserts that Banerjee is aware of the ground realities faced by residents of West Bengal due to the SIR process being undertaken by the Election Commission of India, which is under challenge in the writ petition. Her appearance in person would assist the Court in the effective adjudication of the case, she … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India, challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process ongoing in the State. The petition was filed on January 28. She had earlier written to the Chief Election Commissioner stating that the process was being carried … Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday passed directions to ensure transparency in the verification of ‘logical discrepancy’ list published during the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that approximately 1.16 crores persons, who were included in the draft … Read more
Farasat addressed the Court on whether the ECI can determine citizenship of a person through SIR. “It is entirely within the discretion of the Government. In the absence of a register of citizens, the question that necessarily arises is: how does any authority, including the Election Commission, go about determining citizenship, assuming it seeks to … Read more