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Supreme Court to hear petitions over special voter-roll revision

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Supreme Court Election Petitions

Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of rolls.
Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Asaduddin Owaisi filed a petition seeking an independent audit and SIR suspension.
They demand booth-wise publication of deleted names and say Form 6 was altered without amendment.
Delhi’s draft roll omitted 4,756,722 voters (32.78%) and the deadline moved to October 30.
The court scheduled a hearing for the petitions on October 28.

Summary

Alok Kumar Demands

Alok Kumar, DG Prisons, wrote to Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh demanding correction of alleged CBI probe claims.
He cited the CBI closure report accepted on February 13, 2024 as proof that no probe remains pending.
The Supreme Court stayed the September 21 SIT appointment on October 1, 2026, allowing the state to replace members.
The bench ordered DG&IGP M A Saleem to recommend two new SIT members within ten days.

History

Historical Context

In 1995, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Kuldip Nayar v. Election Commission mandated a nationwide audit of electoral rolls, ordering removal of 2.5 million duplicate entries. The Election Commission subsequently published booth-wise lists, revealing that Delhi’s 2019 roll omitted 3.2 million names, about 28 percent of registered voters. Today, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Asaduddin Owaisi have filed petitions demanding an audit and suspension of the Special Intensive Revision, echoing the 1995 mandate. The Supreme Court’s intervention, marked by the October 1, 2026 SIT stay and Alok Kumar’s appeal to Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, signals judicial scrutiny of electoral integrity.

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Supreme Court Election Petitions

Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of rolls.
Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Asaduddin Owaisi filed a petition seeking an independent audit and SIR suspension.
They demand booth-wise publication of deleted names and say Form 6 was altered without amendment.
Delhi’s draft roll omitted 4,756,722 voters (32.78%) and the deadline moved to October 30.
The court scheduled a hearing for the petitions on October 28.

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