West Bengal SIR: Supreme Court says excluded 75-year-old lawyer ought to be included in voter list
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The Supreme Court on Friday orally observed that a 75-year-old advocate who was excluded from the final voter list in West Bengal after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls appeared to be entitled for inclusion in the list. A Bench consisting of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice V Mohana was hearing a plea challenging such exclusion by the Murshidabad-based lawyer, who has been practising for nearly 50 years.He informed the Court that although he had filed an