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Supreme Court to hear petitions on SIR voter deletions

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 4:09 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Supreme Court Hears Petition

Supreme Court will hear Rahul Gandhi and opposition leaders’ petition challenging SIR voter deletions.
Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will list the petition Thursday.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi filed a separate plea to review the May 27 2026 SIR judgment.
The plea demands an audit committee, restoration of Form 6 on ECINET, rejection of software-flagged rejections, citing a September 23 report.

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Shivraj Slams Congress

Police removed Jantar Mantar’s protest designation and named Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground, CBD Ground as sites.
Opposition march began at Constitution Club, traveled in four buses and halted traffic on Barakhamba Road and Mandi House.
Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused Congress of using “cockroaches” and “anti-national forces like George Soros”.
Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised 14 objections to SIR decisions over ten months.

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Historical Context

In 1995 Chief Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan piloted electronic voting machines in five Indian constituencies, processing about 1.5 million voter records. The move mirrored a worldwide digital turn, such as Yahoo!’s March 2, 1995 incorporation and the Internet’s full privatization, prompting today’s Supreme Court challenge by Rahul Gandhi, Asaduddin Owaisi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan for stricter roll audits.

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Supreme Court Hears Petition

Supreme Court will hear Rahul Gandhi and opposition leaders’ petition challenging SIR voter deletions.
Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will list the petition Thursday.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi filed a separate plea to review the May 27 2026 SIR judgment.
The plea demands an audit committee, restoration of Form 6 on ECINET, rejection of software-flagged rejections, citing a September 23 report.

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