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KOCHI
The Kerala High Court connected Thursday (November 13, 2025) reserved its bid and directed the State authorities to attack the Supreme Court connected a plea filed by the State seeking to defer the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Kerala citing the impending section assemblage polls.
Stating that akin matters were pending earlier the apex tribunal and that the revision was a time-bound process, a Bench of Justice V.G. Arun observed that it would beryllium due if the apex tribunal took a determination connected whether the revision process ought to beryllium deferred oregon not.
Advocate General Gopalakrishna Kurup said that the State medication could travel to a standstill if the SIR was conducted simultaneously with the section assemblage polls. The State cited the request for deferring the SIR process till December 21, successful presumption of the section assemblage polls, the processes for which are progressing successful afloat swing.
Opposing the State’s contentions, the counsel for the Election Commission (EC) claimed that fractional of the SIR process is over, and that immoderate involution astatine this signifier was not ideal. Efforts are connected to behaviour some the exercises successful a harmonious mode and the overlap is conscionable for 4 to 5 days.
The substance has been posted for orders connected Friday.
