Supreme Court seeks EC, Gyanesh Kumar response over alleged SIR voter deletions
What Happened
The Supreme Court issued notices to the Election Commission of India, CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi on petitions by Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders alleging large-scale voter deletions and irregularities during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Key Takeaways
The petitioners want the ongoing SIR suspended and an independent committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to audit voter deletions. They have also sought booth-wise disclosure of deleted voters. The court has not ruled on these allegations and has tagged the fresh petitions with existing cases concerning the SIR exercise.