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Supreme Court upholds ECI’s Special Intensive Revision exercise: A detailed look at what the verdict said on electoral roll purity, citizenship verification and constitutional...

Shriti Sagar -
The Supreme Court clearly ruled that the Election Commission was fully empowered to conduct the Special Intensive Revision.
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‘It breathes life into Constitution’: SC upholds Election Commission’s SIR exercise, says it strengthens free and fair elections

OpIndia Staff -
A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi delivered the judgment while hearing petitions challenging the EC’s notification issued last year for carrying out the SIR process in Bihar.
Government and Policy

ECI launches Phase III of electoral roll revision across 16 states and 3 UTs, 36.73 crore voters to be verified by nearly 4 lakh...

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission said more than 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will carry out house-to-house verification of nearly 36.73 crore voters during the latest phase of the revision exercise.
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West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election: ECI announces repolling for the 2nd time in Falta constituency after TMC goons intimidate voters and issue threats

OpIndia Staff -
In Falta, TMC goons threatened BJP supporters and prevented several people from voting.
Law

Calcutta High Court stays ECI memo naming 800 people as “Trouble-Makers” for Bengal elections, says it can’t issue such “blanket direction”

OpIndia Staff -
The Calcutta High Court on 22 April, 2026, stayed the operation of an Election Commission of India (ECI) memo that had identified nearly 800...
News Reports

Odisha: Chief Electoral Officer orders strict verification after complaints over ‘wrongful deletion’ of 9.8 lakh voter names during pre-SIR exercise

OpIndia Staff -
After these concerns came to light, the CEO’s office received around two lakh Form-7 applications after 2nd April.
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Massive cleanup of voter lists after SIR in 12 States, ECI deletes 5.2 crore ineligible names, UP tops the list with 2.05 crore removals:...

Divya Bharti -
The Election Commission of India has removed 5.18 crore ineligible names from electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs following a Special Intensive Revision.
News Reports

Islamists and liberals play victim about ‘Muslim names’ being deleted from electoral rolls: How illegal migration is the highest in Bengal, and how their...

Shriti Sagar -
Initially, the EC deleted 58.25 lakh voters who were found to be deceased, absent, shifted, or had duplicate entries in the draft rolls published last December.
News Reports

‘Everyone must break their necks, spines, and arms’: TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee under fire for instigating violence against the BJP, complained filed

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP highlighted how, during the 2021 assembly elections in the state, post-poll violence happened at the behest of TMC leadership.
Crime

West Bengal: Police arrest TMC goon who threatened people from voting for the BJP in viral video

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of the West Bengal election, the police have arrested a Trinamool Congress (TMC) goon named Raju Mondal, who was seen threatening people from...
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