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The Calcutta High Court has asked the ECI to state its position by filing an affidavit on a PIL questioning why the current SIR process in the state is being conducted based on the 2002 voters’ list.

On Thursday, the Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul gave ECI till 19th November to file the affidavit to make their position clear.

The move comes in the wake of the petitioner’s request to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process based on the documents and information available in 2025. The petition has also requested proper security arrangements to be made for BLOs, stating that some of them may be facing hostile reactions while distributing the enumeration forms.

ECI’s counsel Anamika Pandey has argued before the bench

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