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NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Saturday filed an affidavit in Supreme Court declaring that it alone has full discretion to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) or general revision of electoral rolls before a general elections, assembly polls or bye-elections to a constituency.Opposing a PIL by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay requesting SC to direct EC to conduct periodic SIR of electoral rolls in all states, especially in those witnessing large-scale illegal migration of Bangladeshi nationals ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) has informed the Supreme Court that any directive to conduct special intensive revisions (SIR) of electoral rolls at regular intervals across the country would amount to an "encroachment" upon its exclusive constitutional domain. In a counter-affidavit filed in response to a plea, the EC asserted that it holds "complete discretion" over the policy and timing of electoral roll revisions, to the exclusion of any other authority. The affidavit comes in reply ...Read More >
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