UPDATED: Oct 15, 2026 12:06 IST
The Supreme Court has taken up petitions concerning the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls and the functioning of the Election Commission of India. A petition filed by Rahul Gandhi along with twelve INDIA bloc leaders, and another by AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi, challenge decisions taken by the poll panel. The opposition is demanding full transparency regarding Election Commission records, disclosure of minutes of meetings and objections recorded by Election Commissioners, an interim suspension of the ongoing SIR exercise across states, an independent audit of digital portals ECINET and ERONET by a former Supreme Court judge, and the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Additionally, twenty-six other petitions have been filed addressing detentions, police conduct, road blockades, and the denotification of Jantar Mantar as an official protest site, which has also been contested in the Delhi High Court.
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