Overview
- The Lawyers Association for Constitution formally constituted a five-member commission on Friday, October 2, 2026, to examine the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.
- Former Supreme Court judge Madan B. Lokur will chair the panel, which also includes A K Patnaik, Badar Durrez Ahmad, Rekha Sharma and Anjana Prakash.
- The commission will use a three-part method: nationwide public hearings with full and regional benches, a dedicated empirical and field‑research wing to analyse additions and deletions, and focused legal scrutiny of laws and procedures.
- LAFC says the judges will operate with complete autonomy and that senior lawyers such as Kapil Sibal, Prashant Bhushan, Raju Ramachandran and Rebecca Mammen John will provide strategic legal advice without influencing the panel's findings.
- The inquiry is on an expedited timetable with a target public report in December and could prompt re-enrolment drives, legal challenges, and policy changes if it finds procedural flaws that left eligible voters off the rolls.