Overview
- In a consolidated listing, the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday petitions from ADR and the DMK against the SIR, after earlier declining to stay the exercise.
- In West Bengal, officials report more than 2.72 crore enumeration forms distributed within four days, with a central ECI team reviewing progress in districts such as Alipurduar and Cooch Behar.
- Gujarat says 5.03 crore forms have been printed and over 1.01 crore delivered to voters, with municipal commissioners appointed as special additional district election officers to bolster outreach.
- In Kerala, 3,21,229 forms were distributed in Ernakulam in four days as BLOs work house-to-house toward a December 4 collection target; final revised rolls are scheduled for publication on February 7, 2026.
- EC guidance allows voters linked to the 2002 roll to retain entries via the form alone while others must furnish specified documents; the court earlier ordered Aadhaar to be accepted as a twelfth ID as petitioners now allege non-compliance, citing Bihar’s SIR that cut nearly 47 lakh electors.