special intensive revision (sir)

Kolkata, February 22 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul has constituted a committee to oversee interim arrangements for transferring urgent matters to alternative courts following the engagement of judicial officers for work related to the SIR exercise in West Bengal.On February 20...

Kolkata, February 22 – The full-fledged judicial adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the election-bound state of West Bengal will begin on Monday, and the process will commence with the involvement of 150 session...

Kolkata, February 22 – As the deadline for the completion of the scrutiny phase of voter documents submitted during the hearing on claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal has ended, uncertainty remains regarding the number of voter documents classified as "logical...

Sri Vijaya Puram, February 21 The Andaman and Nicobar Islands saw the removal of 5,269 names from the draft electoral roll, as the final list of voters was published after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) on Saturday, officials said.The final electoral roll released by...

Kolkata, February 21 – Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday pointed out multiple violations of norms by officials involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal."We have come to notice that EROs are no longer able to monitor the...

Kolkata, February 21 – Pratikur Rahman, a state committee member of the CPI(M) in West Bengal and considered one of the party’s prominent young leaders, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday. The CPI(M) leadership subsequently expelled him from the party.Rahman was formally inducted...

Kolkata, February 21 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court ordered on Saturday the cancellation of leave for all judicial officers posted in different courts of West Bengal until March 9, to ensure compliance with the directions passed by the Supreme Court for the completion of the...

Kolkata, February 21 Senior CPI(M) leader Pratikur Rahman, who resigned from the party on February 16, joined West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday, prompting the Marxist organization to expel him.He joined the TMC in the presence of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, against...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 The ECI released the final electoral roll for Kerala on Saturday after the SIR exercise, with around nine lakh names removed from the list.The total number of voters in the state now stands at over 2.69 crore.The Election Commission of India also shared a...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 – The final electoral roll for Kerala was published on Saturday evening, following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with a total electorate strength of 26,953,644.In the first phase of the SIR exercise, 2.78 crore forms were distributed...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21 The ECI released the final electoral roll in Kerala on Saturday after the SIR exercise, with the total number of voters in the state standing over 2.69 crore.The Election Commission of India (ECI) shared a link – http://electoralsearch.eci.gov.in – that enables...

New Delhi, February 21 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju described the Supreme Court's order for the deployment of judicial officers to assist in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal as a "very significant directive" and stated that the Mamata Banerjee...

Kolkata, February 21 – The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, will chair a crucial meeting on Saturday to finalize the plan for appointing serving and retired judicial officers to oversee the adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive...

Key cases listed in the Supreme Court on Friday, February 20:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.* The Supreme Court will also hear a petition related to the Chhattisgarh liquor...

New Delhi, February 19 The training of polling officials has already been completed for a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi, which is likely to begin from April, officials said on Thursday.The Election Commission has asked 22 states and Union territories to complete...

New Delhi, February 19 The Election Commission on Thursday asked 22 states and Union Territories, including Delhi, to complete preparatory work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at the earliest, as the exercise is "expected to begin from April".Once the exercise is completed, all...

New Delhi, February 19 – Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva welcomed the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to initiate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital on Thursday, stating that the exercise would help identify and remove illegal...

Lucknow, February 18 Alleging that a large number of names of their supporters are being deleted, Samajwadi Party leaders on Wednesday submitted a written complaint to the Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer, alleging large-scale irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the...

Kolkata, February 18 – Police have arrested a man suspected to be of Bangladeshi origin for allegedly residing in India for several years using forged identity documents, officials said on Wednesday. The arrest was made in the Dinhata area in the Cooch Behar district of north Bengal.The...

Gandhinagar, February 17 – The political parties in Gujarat strongly reacted on Tuesday following the release of the state's final voter list. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), while the Congress raised concerns about transparency and procedural...