SIR hearing LIVE: Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging the EC's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal

The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 19, 2026) refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Assam.

A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of the submissions of the poll panel that the final electoral rolls have already been prepared in Assam and the petition has become infructuous. 

The PIL, filed by Mrinal Kumar Choudhary, challenged the EC’s decision to conduct a standard Special Revision in Assam instead of the more rigorous SIR conducted in other States. 

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