SIR under review: Former SC, HC judges to examine 'validity' of voter roll revision
A group of former judges has formed an independent commission to review the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls. The panel aims to assess the constitutional validity and impact of the revision on eligible voters.
Why it matters
The integrity of electoral rolls is fundamental to democratic processes, and this oversight reflects concerns over potential voter disenfranchisement.
A panel of five former Supreme Court and high court judges has been set up by a lawyers' body to examine the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, as the poll panel separately moves to identify and re-enrol voters left out during the exercise.The Lawyers Association for Constitution (LAFC) said the commission, headed by former Supreme Court judge Madan B Lokur, will examine the constitutional and statutory validity of the SIR, its methodology and its overall impact on eligible voters, reported PTI."The newly-formed independent commission of former judges on the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll will function with complete autonomy to examine the constitutional and statutory validity, methodology and overall impact of the SIR exercise on eligible voters," it said.The other members are former Supreme Court judge A K Patnaik, former chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Badar Durrez Ahmad, and former…
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