NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to “sympathetically” consider extending the deadline for the submission of enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala, in view of the forthcoming elections to the Local Self-Government Institutions (LSGIs) in the state.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the direction while hearing petitions filed by the Kerala government seeking postponement of the SIR exercise, along with petitions from other political parties, including the CPI-M, the CPI, and the Indian Union Muslim League, challenging the validity of the ECI’s order directing intensive revision of the voters’ list in the state.
During the hearing, the poll body informed the CJI Kant-led Bench that the original deadline of December 4 had already been extended till December 11.