India, May 27 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) does not determine citizenship, the Supreme Court said in its ruling while upholding the poll body's power to hold SIR of electoral rolls on Wednesday.

The petitions challenging the SIR argued that the Election Commission lacks the authority under Article 326 of the Constitution, the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and rules framed under it to conduct such a large-scale SIR exercise.

1. "The Commission is empowered. to undertake a meaningful inquiry into citizenship for the limited purpose of satisfying itself as to eligibility for inclusion in the electoral rolls. Such an inquiry does not amount to a determinatio...