SIR: Three doctrinal questions awaiting the Supreme Court
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On January 29, 2026, the Supreme Court reserved judgment in Association for Democratic Reforms v. Election Commission of India, challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in States across India. By the time West Bengal voted on April 23 and 29, the SIR had erased 91,02,577 names or 11.88 per cent of a 7.66 crore pre-revision electorate. The Court’s verdict in the matter will be the judicial review of the most consequential exercise of administrative power over the electo