Overview
- Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi agreed to take up consolidated petitions on November 11 challenging the SIR of electoral rolls in multiple states.
- The DMK’s plea, filed by R S Bharathi, seeks to quash the Election Commission’s October 27 notification extending SIR to Tamil Nadu as unconstitutional.
- Chief Justice B R Gavai ordered the DMK petition to be listed next Tuesday, adding it to the set of challenges already before the Court.
- The Supreme Court previously allowed Aadhaar as a twelfth identity document for Bihar’s SIR while clarifying it is not proof of citizenship, and ADR now alleges the EC is not accepting it.
- The Court has declined to stay the ongoing SIR, and the Election Commission’s second-phase timetable targets final electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs by February 7, 2026.