Overview
- Justice V. G. Arun refused Kerala’s plea to defer the Special Intensive Revision before local body polls and closed the case with liberty to approach the Supreme Court.
- The Election Commission said 46.5 crore enumeration forms have been delivered across 12 States/UTs, covering about 91% of listed electors in the ongoing November 4–December 4 phase.
- West Bengal reported over 93% form distribution with an extended deadline to November 14–15, and a central ECI team will visit next week to review progress in South Bengal.
- Parties in West Bengal lodged extensive complaints, with the BJP alleging over 13 lakh fake, duplicate and dead entries and both BJP and Trinamool flagging issues with BLO appointments and practices.
- Kerala cited staff strain from December local elections as grounds for deferment while the ECI argued more than half the state’s work is complete; separate petitions on the SIR are pending before the Supreme Court, and Maharashtra’s SEC separately revised municipal roll timelines and will flag duplicates for verification rather than delete names.