Overview
- The state has filed a writ under Article 32 seeking to postpone the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls until after LSGI polling.
- Kerala says simultaneous exercises would overstretch staff, citing 176,000 personnel for elections, 68,000 security staff, and an additional 25,668 needed for the SIR.
- The SIR began on November 4 with draft rolls due December 4, overlapping with local-body voting on December 9 and December 11 and counting on December 13.
- The Kerala High Court declined to stay the SIR last week, and the Supreme Court bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi has listed related petitions for November 26.
- The Indian Union Muslim League has also moved the Supreme Court against the SIR notification, and Kerala says its November 5 request to the Chief Election Commissioner drew no reply.