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The Supreme Court of India connected Monday (February 23, 2026) said persons whose homes person been demolished by section authorities tin attack the territory predetermination serviceman regarding their inclusion successful the electoral rotation during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant was proceeding a petition filed by Sana Parveen connected the plight of residents of Akbar Nagar successful Lucknow whose buildings, some residential and commercial, were razed aft eviction notices successful September 2023.
Akbar Nagar is located connected the banks of the Kukrail nulla successful Lucknow. The National Green Tribunal had recovered the colony was recovered “illegal”. The eviction was portion of the Lucknow territory medication thrust to beautify the area.
The petitioner argued that the residents were excluded from the electoral rotation successful the Uttar Pradesh SIR process owing to deficiency of an “identifiable” aft the demolition.
Ms. Parveen, done her counsel, argued that galore of the residents were portion of the Special SIR conducted successful 2002-2003 and a summary revision of the electoral rotation held successful 2025. The petitioner said the Election Commission indispensable administer enumeration forms to the residents for submission.
The Bench initially asked the petitioner to attack the Allahabad High Court, saying the plea did precisely rise an “all India societal issue”. The contented was section and could beryllium dealt with by the High Court concerned.
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Subsequently, the Bench observed that the petition raised “seriously disputed questions and facts” though the petitioner counsel tried to clarify that their representations to the Election Commission, permission unsocial quality their pleas for information successful SIR, did not adjacent respond.
The apical tribunal ordered the District Election Officer, Lucknow to analyse the contented and gave liberty to attack the High Court successful lawsuit the predetermination authority’s involution proved to beryllium ineffective.
