Conducting SIR Prerogative of Election Commission: Supreme Court

Conducting SIR prerogative of Election Commission: Supreme Court

In a significant observation during a hearing on the Bihar SIR, the Supreme Court stated that conducting such a voter list revision is the exclusive domain of the Election Commission of India.

Supreme Court says SIR is prerogative of ECI, any directive to them would amount to interference

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls falls within the exclusive prerogative of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The apex court made it clear that issuing directives to the Commission in this matter would amount to interference in its functioning. During the hearing, Justice Surya Kant said, "Conducting the SIR is completely within the prerogative of the Election Commission." Th…

Bihar SIR Hearing: 'How Will People Appeal Deletion Without List of Those Deleted from Voter List?'

The Supreme Court also remarked that it was unclear if the additions in the voter list were independent new names or from those who had been deleted earlier.

Bihar Voter List Revision Hearing: Supreme Court to Hear Final Arguments on SIR on Electoral Rolls | 🗳️ LatestLY

The Supreme Court of India will hear final arguments on Tuesday concerning a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral rolls, which was conducted ahead of the crucial 2025 Assembly elections. 🗳️ Bihar Voter List Revision Hearing: Supreme Court to Hear Final Arguments on SIR on Electoral Rolls.

SIR in Bihar: Supreme Court to hear final arguments on October 7

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India will hear final arguments on Tuesday concerning a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls, which was conducted ahead of the crucial 2025 Assembly elections. A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi had earlier deferred the hearing at the request of the Election Commission of India (ECI), which argued that the matter shou…

Pleas challenging SIR of rolls in Bihar | ‘Not enumerator’s job to determine citizenship’: Petitioners cite EC’s 2003 guidelines

Citing the Election Commission’s guidelines for the 2003 intensive review of electoral rolls, which say that enumerators were not to determine the citizenship of electors, petitioners who have challenged the EC’s special intensive review (SIR) in Bihar told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the 2003 exercise was fundamentally different from the SIR and could not be used as a precedent. The petitioners, including the Association for Democratic Re…