New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court, stating that all three Special Intensive Revision (SIR) orders issued across 2025 and 2026 were "unanimous decisions" passed with the collective consensus of the full Commission.

In a counter-affidavit filed before the apex court in response to petitions challenging the administrative functioning and decision-making of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), the poll monitoring body asserted that the directives were not unilateral.

The Commission specifically submitted that the three SIR orders-issued in June 2025, October 2025, and May 2026-were arrived at through unanimous concurrence among all members of the constitution...