The Supreme Court on October 15 issued notice on the petition by Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
The bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Election Commission, the Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners.
Notice was also issued on pleas by Asaduddin Owaisi and Digvijaya Singh.
The Chief Justice said the court would ask one petitioner about his conduct.
The court did not decide the merits, and notice only asks the respondents to respond.
The Supreme Court on Thursday, October 15, 2026, issued notice on the petition filed by Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging the Election Commission’s special intensive revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls, according to LiveLaw, ANI and Business Standard.
The bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Election Commission of India, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, according to LiveLaw.
Notice was also issued on a plea by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and a separate plea by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, according to the same report.
Reports say the bench directed that the petition be tagged with other pending matters challenging the SIR in various states, and that state-wise petitions would be heard separately, according to the Sentinel and other reports.
LiveLaw did not state a next hearing date for this petition and said similar SIR matters are listed for Tuesday.
The petitioners include Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Saugata Roy, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Sanjay Raut, M A Baby, D Raja, Supriya Sule and others, according to LiveLaw.
The petition, filed on October 12, seeks an independent audit of deletions and modifications in the electoral rolls and an interim suspension of the SIR, according to reports.
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