New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the date for filing of documents, including claims and objections for persons wanting to be included in the voter rolls in Maharashtra under the Election Commission's (ECI) special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in the State.

A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana has, however, issued notice to the ECI seeking a response to a plea filed by petitioner Arun Anandagiri alleging that 33% of voters have been deleted from the voter rolls in the State under the ECI's SIR exercise.

Senior Advocate Arvind Datar, appearing for the petitioner, informed the bench that around 3,500 redevelopment projects are underway in Bombay and Pune, with old housing...