The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought separate responses from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on petitions filed by the DMK, CPI(M), the West Bengal Congress unit, and leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi granted the poll panel two weeks to file its replies. The Court also directed the Madras High Court and the Calcutta High Court to keep pending proceedings related to the same issue in abeyance until further orders.

During the hearing, the top court permitted the listing of an intervention application filed by the AIADMK, which supported the SIR exercise in Tamil Nadu.

On October 27, the Election Commission announced the second ph

See Full Page