India, Oct. 12 -- Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, along with 10 INDIA bloc leaders, filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday against the Election Commission of India (ECI) on issues linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and alleged poll irregularities.

As Gandhi could not reach the Supreme Court to file the petition in person, his advocate, S Prasanna, filed it, naming the ECI, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, and the two other election commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, as respondents.

The petition raises concerns over the "unilateral and arbitrary exercise" of the election body's collective powers by CEC Gyanesh Kumar during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (S...