The Supreme Court, on Thursday, orally remarked that since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is not an annual procedural exercise, the Court must be cautious in making interferences. Emphasising that the Election Commission is conducting such an exercise after nearly twenty years, the bench led by the CJI said the Court cannot micro-manage the process.

The bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the SIR process undertaken by the ECI.

Today, Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran, appearing for petitioners challenging the SIR in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, argued that the reasons cited by the Election Commission of India for carrying out the SIR did not bear a reasonable nexus with the

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