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The Supreme Court connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission to behaviour a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful poll-bound Assam.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took enactment of the submissions of the canvass sheet that the last electoral rolls person already been prepared successful Assam and the petition has go infructuous.
The PIL, filed by Mrinal Kumar Choudhary, challenged the EC's determination to behaviour a modular Special Revision successful Assam alternatively of the much rigorous SIR conducted successful different States.
During the proceedings, elder advocator Vijay Hansaria, appearing for the petitioner, said the State required an intensive revision to guarantee the integrity of the rolls.
However, elder advocator D S Naidu, representing the canvass panel, informed the Bench that the last electoral rotation for Assam had already been published connected February 10.
"Nothing survives now," the CJI said.
The Bench emphasised the sensitivity of the matter, noting that nether the existent legislative and judicial framework, the EC is not empowered to arbitrarily state individuals arsenic foreigners, arsenic statutory cut-off dates and specialised tribunals govern specified determinations.
"You person to beryllium precise delicate and careful," the CJI told Hansaria.
The PIL sought a absorption to quash the canvass panel's memo dated November 17, 2025, which ordered a Special Revision alternatively of an SIR successful Assam.
It besides sought a absorption for the SIR connected the aforesaid parameters arsenic the 1 conducted successful Bihar successful June 2025, up of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections.
The plea had besides sought the exclusion of Aadhaar arsenic a applicable papers for inclusion successful the electoral rolls.
Following the decision of the Special Revision, information from the main electoral serviceman revealed that the full elector number successful Assam has dropped by 2.43 lakh.
