The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Election Commission on a petition seeking Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Assam ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections in the state.

Mrinal Kumar Choudhury, a former president of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association, has challenged the poll panel’s decision to conduct only a “Special Revision” of the electoral roll in Assam instead of an SIR.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi agreed to take up the matter next Tuesday after senior counsel Vijay Hansaria submitted on behalf of the petitioner that Assam has been kept out of SIR despite having a large presence of illegal immigrants.

Hansaria pointed out that the EC had earlier told the top court that it would conduct a pan-India S

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