The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Election Commission’s response to pleas by DMK, TMC, and others challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The court also paused related proceedings in high courts

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought separate responses from the Election Commission (EC) on pleas filed by the DMK, CPI(M), the West Bengal unit of the Congress, and Trinamool Congress leaders, challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, respectively.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked the poll panel to respond to the fresh petitions in two weeks. The apex court also asked the Madras and Calcutta high courts to keep in abeyance any proceedings on petition

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