Published Oct 14, 2026 | 1:41 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 14, 2026 | 1:41 PM
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Synopsis: The petition adds to a growing set of pleas before the top court on the SIR exercise. Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and ten other senior opposition leaders have also moved the court, alleging irregularities in the SIR process.
AIMIM president and Member of Parliament from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, 14 October, approached the Supreme Court challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The petition adds to a growing set of pleas before the top court on the SIR exercise. Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and ten other senior opposition leaders have also moved the court, alleging irregularities in the SIR process.
Advocate Nizamuddin Pasha mentioned the writ petition before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. He urged the court to list it on Thursday, 15 October, along with other similar petitions already slated for hearing.
The Chief Justice of India Surya Kant indicated that the court would check and take up Owaisi’s plea along with the connected matters.
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The INDIA bloc’s ‘Chalo Delhi’ march to the Supreme Court on Monday, 12 October, culminated with a petition signed by 11 INDIA bloc leaders being submitted before the Supreme Court by the Congress legal team.
The leaders included Mallikarjun Kharge (INC), Rahul Gandhi (INC), Saugata Roy (TMC),, Akhilesh Yadav (SP), Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena – UBT), MA Baby (CPI-M), D Raja (CPI), Mahua Majhi (JMM), Supriya Sule (NCP) and ET Mohammed Basheer (IUML).
While the respondents are Election Commission of India, CEC Gyanesh Kumar and ECI Members Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
The petition demanded sacking of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
(Edited by Sumavarsha, with inputs from Sreshta Ladegaam)
