US EditionSC to Hear Mamata's Plea Against SIR on Wednesday, Bengal CM May Attend Proceedings
Mamata Banerjee challenges the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision citing mass deletions of 5.8 million voters and procedural irregularities in West Bengal’s electoral rolls.
- On Wednesday, February 4, 2026, the Supreme Court will hear West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plea challenging the Special Intensive Revision of the state's electoral rolls before a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi.
- On January 28, 2026, Mamata Banerjee filed her petition alleging the EC issued informal instructions via WhatsApp and oral directions, creating a 'logical discrepancies' category without written guidelines.
- Names of over 58 lakh electors have been deleted and multiple discrepancies including young deaths and gender bias were flagged in Bengal's draft electoral roll, December 16, 2025, with displays set at gram panchayat bhavans and block offices.
- Petitioners argue the SIR is unconstitutional as a batch of petitions challenges its process and the mass exclusion of electors, prompting Supreme Court scrutiny today.
- With petitions now before the court, the dispute heightens political tensions in the poll-bound state and could reshape administrative handling of roll revisions.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to appear in the Supreme Court on Wednesday against the electoral roll correction (SIR) process, alleging "mass disenfranchisement" of 12.5 million voters under the pretext of discrepancies in their names.
SC to hear Mamata's plea against SIR on Wednesday; Bengal CM may attend proceedings
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Banerjee may attend the apex court on Wednesday during the crucial hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the SIR […]
Case against West Bengal SIR: Mamata Banerjee likely to appear in person in Supreme Court on February 4
A batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the SIR process and the mass exclusion of electors from the voters’ list of the State is listed for hearing on February 4, 2026
SC to hear Bengal's plea against SIR; Mamata may attend proceedings
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday, February 4, a plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Banerjee may attend the apex court on Wednesday during the crucial hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in the state. According to the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant an…
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