Election Commission of India

Nearly 80 lakh Delhi voters were excluded or flagged in this year's electoral roll revision, many under an undefined 'logical discrepancy' label. The Supreme Court is now asking the Election Commission to explain why.

The Supreme Court refused to let Sikkim break from the nationwide 2002 SIR base year despite its unique Article 371F status, reinforcing a uniform template for future electoral roll revisions.

The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that its Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls is a constitutional duty rooted in citizenship. As petitions compare the exercise to the NRC, the ECI says the two are not the same. Here is what the court heard and why it matters for India’s electoral system.