New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the deadlines for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala by one week, following a request from the state government and a directive by the Supreme Court earlier this week.

The decision was conveyed to the Kerala Chief Secretary through an official communication issued on Friday by the ECI, along with a fresh order revising the SIR schedule for the state.

The Supreme Court, in an order dated December 2 on a petition filed by IUML leader P.K. Kunhalikutty, had allowed the Kerala government to submit a request-cum-proposal to the ECI explaining why additional time was needed for completing the enumeration phase.

The apex court directed the Election Commission to examine the request “objectivel

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