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Supreme Court hearing on pleas against SIR process in West Bengal Today Latest news updates

Supreme Court hearing on pleas against SIR process in West Bengal Today Latest news updates

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will hear the matter today. The Supreme Court will hear pleas by Trinamool Congress leaders alleging procedural irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will hear the matter today. Last week, a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi gave ECI a week’s time to respond to the applications by TMC MPs Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen. Story continues below this ad O’Brien’s application contends that ECI is issuing instructions to booth level officers (BLOs) and others through informal channels, such as WhatsApp, thereby making it impossible to establish an audit trail. As regards the logical discrepancy category, the plea said that alleged mismatches or anomalies in voter details, including spelling variations, inconsistencies in parental or age information, and other data irregularities identified by system-generated algorithms, are being used as grounds for summoning voters for quasi-judicial …

‘Polling personnel should be sent to residences’: TMC slams ECI for summoning elderly, PWDs for hearing | Kolkata News

‘Polling personnel should be sent to residences’: TMC slams ECI for summoning elderly, PWDs for hearing | Kolkata News

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing it of calling the elderly, ailing citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to attend the hearing at camps away from their residences as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. On December 27, the ECI began the hearing of electors who were categorized as “unmapped” owing to discrepancies in their enumeration forms. TMC MP Partha Bhowmik alleged in a press conference that the ECI has summoned elderly and ailing persons who were put under that category, adding that the party had flagged the issue and advised that polling officials should be sent to their residences. “This is nothing short of torture. The EC sends polling personnel to the residences of elderly persons due to mobility issue. Why could they not follow the same procedure this time?” he said. “We condemn such a behaviour,” he added. Shashi Panja, state’s Minister of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, described the ECI’s attitude as “inhuman.” “Elderly persons, ailing and differently abled …

Supreme Court issues notice on Vaiko’s plea against SIR in T.N.

Supreme Court issues notice on Vaiko’s plea against SIR in T.N.

Mr. Vaiko has argued that the SIR notification violated various fundamental rights including right to equality and various provisions of Representation of the People Act and Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. File | Photo Credit: PTI, The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by MDMK founder and former Rajya Sabha member Vaiko challenging the decision of the Election Commission of India to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi listed the plea along with other petitions filed by political parties like DMK, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Indian National Congress and others against holding the SIR in the State. Mr. Vaiko has argued that the SIR notification violated various fundamental rights including right to equality and various provisions of Representation of the People Act and Registration of Electors Rules, 1960. On November 11, the apex court sought separate responses of the poll panel on pleas filed by DMK, CPI(M), West Bengal Congress and …