Overview
- The court issued notice to the Election Commission on challenges to its October 27 directive initiating Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls across 12 states and union territories.
- State high courts, including in matters concerning Bihar, were directed to keep related petitions in abeyance while the Supreme Court takes up the case.
- The Election Commission was given two weeks to file its response as the bench set detailed hearings for November 26–27 and allocated argument time between petitioners and the poll panel.
- An application by the Association for Democratic Reforms seeking transparency and adherence to EC procedures will also be heard on November 26, with the EC expected to reply by November 24.
- Petitioners including the DMK cited heavy rains, officials’ flood-relief duties, and the harvest season as operational hurdles, as the bench urged sensitivity to local conditions and said it could annul the exercise if satisfied.