'Respond within 2 weeks': SC seeks EC reply on pleas challenging SIR

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court connected Tuesday directed the Election Commission to respond to the pleas challenging the Special Intensive Revision workout successful West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The apical tribunal gave the canvass assemblage 2 weeks of clip to reply.Further, it permitted AIADMK to articulation the lawsuit backing SIR workout successful Tamil Nadu.The pleas challenging the survey person been filed by DMK,

Congress

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TMC

.The MK Stalin enactment successful Tamil Nadu challenged the elector rolls workout accusing EC of "conspiring to implement" what helium called "malicious exercise" done SIR of electoral rolls.“Even aft a ineligible lawsuit was filed, the Election Commission did not springiness a satisfactory explanation,” CM Stalin had said.The EC, past month, announced a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive, with 12 states and Union Territories -- including Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal -- to beryllium covered successful the 2nd phase.