Supreme Court Issues Notice to ECI, CEC on Rahul Gandhi’s SIR Plea

The Supreme Court seeks responses from the ECI and CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Rahul Gandhi and INDIA bloc leaders’ plea challenging alleged voter deletions during SIR.

Post Published By: Sreeja Chowdhury

Updated : 15 October 2026, 1:33 PM IST

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on a petition filed by Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

BREAKING: Supreme Court issues notice to ECI, CEC on plea by Rahul Gandhi, INDIA bloc leaders challenging SIR, voter deletions

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A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi sought responses from the poll panel and tagged the pleas with petitions already pending before the court that challenge aspects of the SIR exercise in different states.

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