The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, informed the Madras High Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Tamil Nadu electoral rolls would commence in a week.

The submission was made before the bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan . The court was hearing a petition filed by former AIADMK MLA B Sathyanarayanan seeking directions to the Election Commission to conduct a complete and transparent re-verification of the 229 booths in T Nagar Constituency.

Appearing before the bench, the Standing Council for the ECI, Niranjan Rajagopal , submitted that the SIR for the Tamil Nadu electoral rolls would commence in a week and that the petitioner's grievance would be effectively redressed through the revision. The court took not

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