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SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging SIR across several states
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morungexpress.com
New Delhi, January 29 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across several states and Union Territories (UTs).
However, the Supreme Court later directed the inclusion of Aadhaar as an additional document.
Most of the petitions were filed in June last year following the ECI’s decision to carry out an SIR in Bihar.
The exercise was subsequently extended to multiple states and UTs, including poll-bound West Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
The CJI-led Bench observed that the poll body would strictly adhere to these directions wherever the SIR process is ongoing.