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Supreme Court Orders Responses on India Voter-List Revision

By Drooid · Oct 12, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Supreme Court Demands Replies

The Supreme Court ordered the election commissioner, Election Commission and government to submit responses to petitions challenging the voter-list revision.
Two election commissioners internally warned against the voter-list revision.
The Election Commission reported 130 million deletions: 28 million dead, 63 million relocated and 30 million untraceable.
UN Human Rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan urged India to engage in dialogue over the protest crackdown.
An official said 2,000 detainees held in Delhi and 400 in Mumbai.

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INDIA Alliance Marches

India’s opposition alliance INDIA will march to Supreme Court demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign.
Delhi police detained about 1,500 protesters, including former chief ministers Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee.
Police closed 45 Delhi Metro stations and cancelled over 250 train services.
Internet was suspended within four kilometres of Jantar Mantar during the crackdown.
The alliance asked President Droupadi Murmu to force Kumar’s resignation, repeal CEC immunity and restore 133 million voters.

History

Historical Context

The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), mandated by Article 324 and the Representation of People Act 1950, entered its ninth nationwide round in 2025-26, deleting 130 million entries (95 million absent/shifted, 27 million deceased, 10 million duplicates). In September 2026, journalist Ritika Chopra reported that commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi lodged 14 dissent notes against CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s unilateral decisions, prompting a Supreme Court notice and opposition calls for his resignation.

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Supreme Court Demands Replies

The Supreme Court ordered the election commissioner, Election Commission and government to submit responses to petitions challenging the voter-list revision.
Two election commissioners internally warned against the voter-list revision.
The Election Commission reported 130 million deletions: 28 million dead, 63 million relocated and 30 million untraceable.
UN Human Rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan urged India to engage in dialogue over the protest crackdown.
An official said 2,000 detainees held in Delhi and 400 in Mumbai.

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