Supreme Court Grants More Time For Bengal SIR Scrutiny, Show-Causes DGP Over Threats Flagged By EC

Final Up to date:February 09, 2026, 17:08 IST

SC prolonged the deadline for West Bengal’s last electoral roll underneath SIR by one week, issued a show-cause discover to the Director Normal, and directed extra time for hearings.

File photograph of the Supreme Court docket. (PTI/File)

The Supreme Court docket on Monday prolonged by one week the deadline for publication of the ultimate electoral roll in West Bengal underneath the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR), pushing it past the sooner cut-off of February 14.

The court docket mentioned the ultimate voter checklist couldn’t be revealed on February 14, noting that the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) had already written to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in search of further time to finish the listening to course of. The apex court docket additionally directed that the time for hearings be prolonged.

The Supreme Court docket additionally sought a private affidavit from the West Bengal Director Normal of Police and issued a show-cause discover asking him to answer the Election Fee’s affidavit alleging threats and violence in opposition to officers engaged in Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) duties.

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The Supreme Court docket on Monday heard the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, difficult the continued Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls within the poll-bound state scheduled to be held this 12 months.

Questioning the legality of the SIR course of, Chief Minister Banerjee, in her petition has accused the Election Fee of India (ECI) of appearing with political bias and alleged that the way through which the voter revision train is being carried out would consequence within the deletion of names of lakhs of voters belonging to marginalised sections of society.

She has sought interim instructions restraining the ballot physique from deleting the identify of any voter throughout the SIR train, significantly these positioned underneath the “logical discrepancy” class.

Within the earlier listening to, the apex court docket had issued discover to the ECI on CM Banerjee’s plea and posted the matter for additional listening to on Monday.

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