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India forms five-judge panel to review SIR election rolls

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC · How we work

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India's Lawyers' Association for Constitution formed a five-judge commission to examine the Election Commission's SIR of rolls.
Former Supreme Court judge Madan B. Lokur will chair the commission.
The panel also includes former judges A.K. Patnaik, Badar Durrez Ahmad, Rekha Sharma and Anjana Prakash.
The commission will assess the SIR’s constitutional validity, methodology, impact and whether eligible voters were retained.
The SIR draft rolls excluded over 13 crore voters, about 5.8 crore in ten states and three Union Territories.

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Story summary

India's Lawyers' Association for Constitution formed a five-judge commission to examine the Election Commission's SIR of rolls.
Former Supreme Court judge Madan B. Lokur will chair the commission.
The panel also includes former judges A.K. Patnaik, Badar Durrez Ahmad, Rekha Sharma and Anjana Prakash.
The commission will assess the SIR’s constitutional validity, methodology, impact and whether eligible voters were retained.
The SIR draft rolls excluded over 13 crore voters, about 5.8 crore in ten states and three Union Territories.