The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to begin hearing on November 11 the petitions challenging the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the country .

A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said it would take up the matter from November 11 onwards, even though several significant cases are listed for that period. The assurance came after advocate Prashant Bhushan , appearing for Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) , stressed that the issue “goes to the root of democracy”.

Bhushan highlighted the urgency, noting that the SIR process has already commenced in multiple states . The bench said it would try to adjust the schedule of other cases to accommodate the hearing of the pleas conc

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