Supreme Court hearing on SIR LIVE: ECI responds to petitions against electoral exercise

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The Supreme Court continued its proceeding connected Tuesday (January 6, 2025) connected the petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI’s) determination to undertake a peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls crossed respective States, including Bihar.

In a erstwhile proceeding connected December 16, Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay for the ECI said that the SIR should beryllium conducted during regular intervals to weed retired amerciable aliens. Chief Justice Kant had noted that the SIR was being held aft 2 decades.

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Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar connected Monday (January 5, 2026) said that the extremity of the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) is to guarantee that “no eligible Indian national is near retired of the electoral roll”.