New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to urgently list a plea seeking postponement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala in view of the upcoming elections to the Local Self-Government Institutions (LSGIs).

A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai said the matter would be listed on Friday (November 21), after the counsel informed the top court that the SIR process is underway even as Kerala is set to hold local body elections in the second week of December.

The Kerala government has itself approached the Supreme Court seeking postponement of the SIR exercise, following the Kerala High Court’s refusal last week to entertain its writ petition seeking deferment of the process.

Citing severe manpower constraints, the state governmen

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