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The Election Commission of India (EC) successful the Supreme Court conveyed a consciousness of assurance successful carrying disconnected the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) workout successful the midst of section assemblage elections successful the State, saying determination is “no problem” whatsoever and implicit 90% enumeration forms person already been distributed.
Appearing earlier a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025), the EC, represented by elder advocator Rakesh Dwivedi, submitted that the “Election Commission and the Kerala State Election Commission are collaborating with officials connected the crushed and District Collectors successful Kerala. They are confident. Ninety per cent of the enumeration person been distributed and 70%, which person been submitted back, person been digitised”.
Supreme Court proceeding connected SIR LIVE - November 26, 2025
The SIR process is scheduled from November 4 to December 4. The Kerala State Election Commission had decided to behaviour the section assemblage elections successful the State connected December 9 and December 11.
The State government, successful a petition filed done advocator C.K. Sasi, had pointed retired that the simultaneous behaviour of the SIR and elections would beryllium a “near impossibility”.
“SIR is simply a immense workout requiring deployment of 1,76,000 unit from authorities and quasi-governmental services for election-related duties, and further 68,000 constabulary and different information personnel. SIR is besides a broad process with a cumbersome procedure,” it had submitted.
The Communist Party of India (CPI), a spouse successful the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) successful Kerala, had separately moved the apex tribunal seeking not lone the deferment of the SIR but besides a judicial absorption to quash the revision process, which had dispersed to 12 States and Union Territories aft Bihar.
On Wednesday, the EC denied the Kerala government’s mentation of quality resources crunch, saying “different radical person been allotted Booth Level Officer duties from those deployed successful the section aforesaid authorities institutions (LSGI) elections”.
The EC said, if request be, the State Election Commission would allocate much radical arsenic BLOs successful Kerala.
Tamil Nadu argued that EC had fixed “unrealistic timelines” to implicit the SIR process successful the State. There was besides the forecast of a cyclone.
One of the petitioners submitted that the EC had lone digitised 50% enumeration forms successful the past 22 days successful Tamil Nadu, and determination were lone 8 days near earlier the extremity of enumeration signifier connected December 4.
Mr. Dwivedi assuaged fears by noting that erstwhile the enumerations were signed and submitted by citizens, it would beryllium processed connected clip by the EC machinery.
Senior advocator Kapil Sibal, for West Bengal and Kerala, however, said what was happening connected the crushed was precise antithetic from what was presented successful court.
Mr. Dwivedi said successful States similar West Bengal, governmental parties opposing SIR were deliberately hampering the organisation of enumeration forms.
Advocates Prashant Bhushan and Neha Rathi submitted that BLOs were taking their ain lives, incapable to header with the workload.
Mr. Dwivedi countered that specified an allegation was not portion of immoderate grounds filed by Mr. Bhushan’s client, the Association of Democratic Reforms, successful the apex court.
