New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, will hear a plea seeking the postponement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala ahead of the upcoming Local Self-Government Institutions (LSGI) elections.

On Wednesday, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai agreed to list the plea after the counsel informed the court that the SIR process is currently underway even though Kerala is scheduled 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 government has argued that conduct

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