The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a fresh set of challenges to the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across several states, including Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, reported news agency PTI.

A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, SVN Bhatti and Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Election Commission (EC) on all newly-filed matters and confirmed that different petitions arising from various states would be heard on separate dates.

During the hearing, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing a petitioner from Kerala, pointed out that local body elections are also scheduled to be held in the state and, therefore, there is some urgency involved in the matter, reported LiveLaw.

Responding to the concerns, the bench said that the pet

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