INDIA bloc challenges SIR process but not its validity
The INDIA bloc has challenged the process of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Supreme Court but has dropped its challenge to the SIR's legal validity. This decision follows a previous Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Election Commission's authority to conduct the SIR process.
Why it matters
The move highlights the legal limitations opposition parties face when challenging established electoral procedures that have already been validated by the judiciary.
NEW DELHI: Why did opposition INDIA bloc, after making special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls the central point of its attack on Election Commission and govt, give up the challenge to the constitutional and statutory validity of SIR in their joint writ petition before Supreme Court?Opposition members, led by LoP Rahul Gandhi, stated in the petition that they were not challenging SIR's validity in view of the SC judgement on Bihar SIR, which was conducted by EC based on its June 24, 2025, decision.That could be because SC in its May 27 judgement had examined the following questions - whether EC had the power to conduct SIR, whether SIR had a legitimate purpose and the process was proportionate to the object to be achieved, and whether the SIR procedure was contrary to Representation of the People Act and Registration of Electors Act, 1960 - and found there was nothing…
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