The Supreme Court , taking note of a plea alleging extreme work pressure faced by booth-level officers (BLOs) engaged in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, ordered the States and Union Territories to consider deputing additional employees for reducing their workload.

A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing an application by actor Vijay’s party Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), seeking a direction to the poll panel not to take coercive actions under the Representation of the People Act against the BLOs for not performing the duty in a time-bound manner.

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Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the TVK, argued that Anganwadi workers and teachers

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