Goa, Nov. 7 -- ALBERTINA ALMEIDA

The recent judgment of the Bombay High Court direct ing the inclusion of the pe titioners' names in the electoral roll is yet another eye-opener to the chaotic manner in which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has been conducted across India, including in Goa. In the case in question, the individual who spearheaded his family's struggle for inclusion in the 2026 Electoral Roll was ed ucated, highly conscious of his right to vote, and diligent in pur suing every available legal and administrative remedy. He and his family had merely shifted residence within the same con stituency and, indeed, within the same village. Yet, their names failed to appear in both the Draft SIR Roll and the Final SIR Roll. If...