The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to explain why the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal is being carried out on the basis of a voter list prepared in 2002.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen passed the order while hearing a public interest litigation that questioned the legality and logic of relying on two-decade-old voter data for a fresh revision. The court asked the Commission to file its affidavit clarifying its official position by November 19 .

The PIL argued that the use of the 2002 list undermines the accuracy and integrity of the electoral rolls and sought a direction to the ECI to base the ongoing revision on “current documents and

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