'Except West Bengal': SC notes 'hardly any litigation' over SIR in other states

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court connected Tuesday said it would see extending the day for freezing the electoral rolls successful West Bengal, adjacent arsenic it noted that the Election Commission’s SIR workout had been mostly creaseless successful different states.The reflection came during the proceeding of a batch of pleas alleging procedural irregularities successful the ECI’s SIR workout successful West Bengal, wherever polling for the 294-member Assembly is scheduled for April 23 and 29, with counting connected May 4.During the hearing, elder advocator and AITC person Maneka Guruswamy requested the tribunal to see extending the day of freezing of electoral rolls successful West Bengal truthful that names of persons objecting to their exclusion from the database tin beryllium adjudicated and added.

The court, successful response, clarified that it would see the request. “We volition see if truthful required. Right present things are going well”, the tribunal said.At the aforesaid time, the seat pointed retired that the SIR workout had not led to akin levels of litigation successful astir different States.“Except West Bengal, whichever states wherever SIR is done, everyplace it went smoothly. Even successful different states, determination are complications, if not equally, but determination are complications.

But by and large, hardly immoderate litigation came from different States”, the CJI said.The apex tribunal had earlier issued directions considering the peculiarity of the concern successful West Bengal.Around 60 lakh names were marked arsenic “under adjudication” successful the post-SIR electoral rolls published connected February 28.According to the Election Commission, the supplementary database contains the names of astir 29 lakh voters whose cases person been adjudicated by judicial officers.