Three days after the Election Commission commenced Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and union territories, the Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on November 11 the petitions challenging the exercise.

A Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said it will begin hearing on the petitions from Monday after advocate Prashant Bhushan submitted on behalf of the Association of Democratic Reforms that “the issue goes to the root of democracy” and the SIR exercise has already started in several states.

Noting that several important matters were listed from next week onwards, the Bench said it would try to adjust the hearing of other matters to take up SIR-related petitions.

The 12 states and union territories where SIR exercise is being cond

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